Meeting recap - November 21st 2019

Welcome & Introductions
Thanks to the 13 attendees who joined us this time!


News & Resource Sharing
Potential PMHPSG Meeting Dates for 2020  - Contact Sara ASAP with concerns/ conflicts
-Monday, February 3rd;   8:30 - 10:00am
-Friday, April 24th;   3:00 - 4:30pm
-Wednesday, Sept 2nd;   9:00 - 10:30am
-Monday, Nov 16th;   9:00 - 10:30am

Planning committee for 2020 PMHPSG meetings - Please send Sara an email if you’re interested in being part of this committee.  The planning committee will select meeting topics, track down news/ research, line-up-speakers, and more (sdaly9@jhmi.edu). We will likely have a planning ‘meeting’ on Zoom (or similar) platform in January 2020.

Postpartum Support International Annual Conference 2020 - Date/ location announced!
July 10-12, 2020  in New Orleans, Louisiana.  (2-day Pre-conference certificate course July 8-9)
Call for proposals deadline is December 13th, 2019.  Conference registration opens in January.

Upcoming events at Baltimore’s Bloom Collective:
12/15:   Mamas & Mimosas with Dani McClain, author of We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood.  https://facebook.com/events/2451020925109557/?ti=icl
Postpartum Support group every 2nd Saturday at 10am, starting January 2020.

The Womb Room is now under new ownership -- by SG member Karen Kindig, LCSW-C
Learn more at https://www.wombroom.mom/

Women's Health Symposium: Maternal Mental Health
Saturday, December 14, 2019  - 7:00 AM 5:00 PM - Crowne Plaza Hotel - Inner Harbor (map)
Organized by The Black Psychiatrists of America

Pregnancy & Infant Loss and Infertility Conference - "Grief, Grace, & Growth"
Presented by the Angel Sisters Alliance.  At Goucher College on Saturday, April 4, 2020 
“geared toward people who are or have experienced a miscarriage, pregnancy & infant loss, stillbirth, and infertility.” https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pregnancy-infant-loss-and-infertility-conference-tickets-65652886551?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

Mothers & Babies training at Johns Hopkins Hospital 11/1/2019
“Mothers and Babies is an evidence-based program that has been highlighted as one of the most effective interventions for the prevention of postpartum depression and has a proven record of success. It is guided by cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment theory, and is being scaled throughout the U.S. and internationally.”  More info at http://www.mothersandbabiesprogram.org/
Training attended by Sara Daly & Susie Sutherland of JHBMC Perinatal Mood Disorders Clinic



Discussion
Please give a warm thank you to our special guest Kathleen Parkman Johnson, MA, RD, CNSC!
Kathleen presented and led our clinical discussion -- focusing on nutrition during the perinatal period, including how to fuel the body postpartum while struggling with depression and anxiety.



Hope to see you at our next meeting, in February 2020!

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