Meeting recap - May 13th, 2019

Welcome & Introductions
   This was the first meeting held at our new meeting location -- Johns Hopkins Bayview's Community Psychiatry.  

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News & Resource Sharing

• Perinatal Support Groups in the Baltimore-area -- (there are more and more!).  
  Please see handout, and share any additions/ corrections with Sara.
  
  
• The first annual Baltimore Birth Festival is THIS COMING SUNDAY May 19th!   
  Hosted by Maryland Families for Safe Birth, at Patterson Park. 10am-3pm.
  More info at:  https://www.facebook.com/MarylandFamiliesForSafeBirth/
  
  
• Climb Out of the Darkness - Baltimore (Awareness & Fundraising event)
  Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 10 AM – 1 PM
  Leon Riverside Park, 301 E. Randall Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
  https://www.facebook.com/climboutteambaltimore/
  
  
• 2019 Postpartum Support International Annual Conference    June 26-30, 2019
  This year’s conference is in Portland, OR     
  https://www.postpartum.net/professionals/conference-2019/
  
  
• Free PSI Perinatal Psychiatric Consultation Line! For medical providers prescribing medications to participants who are trying to conceive, are pregnant or breastfeeding. Postpartum Support International (PSI) expert perinatal psychiatrists are available to share their skills and expertise with fellow medical professionals, providing necessary guidance and reassurance on any matter, but particularly those that may be more challenging. The service is free and available by appointment.  Dial 1-800-944-4773, ext 4 and leave a message. You will be contacted within one business day to make an appointment with an expert perinatal/reproductive psychiatrist.
  
  
• PSI  Maryland Chapter formed in 2018  
  Things  you can  do right now:  
  1.  Find PSI Maryland on Facebook -- like and follow  (and  tell colleagues  to do the same). 
  2.  Send an email so you can get on the contact list:    PSIMaryland@gmail.com
  
  
• Perinatal Mental Health Certification through PSI - available as of August 2018. 
  Eligibility requirements and details available at:  http://www.postpartum.net/professionals/certification/
  
  
• PSI has launched a“directory of qualified perinatal mental health professionals in the US!”  Please encourage all the specializing mental health providers you know to sign up as soon as possible, so we can begin to use this wonderful tool locally.   https://directorypsichapters.com/list-your-practice

 

2019 Meeting Schedule Changes:
    Wednesday, September 25th, 2019  – 9:00 - 10:30 am
    Thursday, November 21st, 2019  – 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Please mark your calendars, and/ or let Sara know if there are major conflicts!

->  **Please let Sara know if you’d like to help plan a happy-hour type event or meet-up this summer!**


Discussion
Today’s clinical discussion focused on Chapter 10 of Karen Kleiman’s 2017 book:  The Art of Holding in Therapy:  An Essential Intervention for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety.  Chapter 10 - Holding Hard-to-Hold Symptoms.