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Module Summary

Dr Hind Khalifeh and Professor Louise M Howard answer questions from Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones on the ‘fourth-day baby blues’, self-help and prescribing antidepressants. 

Learning Objectives

This module will update your knowledge on postnatal depression, including:

  • Predisposing and protective factors in postnatal depression
  • Incidence of postnatal psychosis 
  • When to refer to secondary care
  • What self-help advice to give
Author

Professor Louise M Howard is a consultant psychiatrist at King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and was chair of the NICE guideline development group on the ante- and postnatal mental health guidelines.

Dr Hind Khalifeh is a consultant psychiatrist in perinatal psychiatry outpatients at Kings College Hospital

Dr Melanie Wynne-Jones is a GP in Stockport, Greater Manchester

Date module published

May 01, 2017

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