A virtual course in perinatal mental health for healthcare professionals.

Authors

• Lakshmi Shiva, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
• Geetha Desai, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India. Electronic address: [email protected]
• Prabhat Chand, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
• Sundarnag Ganjekar, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
• Kimneihat Vaiphei, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
• Veena A. Satyanarayana, Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
• M Thomas Kishore, Department of Clinical Psychology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
• Harish Thippeswamy, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India
• Prabha S. Chandra, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru, India

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-1-2021

Abstract

Screening and treatment of perinatal mental health problems remain inadequate with one of the barrier being non-availability of trained health professionals. Virtual courses have been an important medium to enhance the knowledge and capacity of health professionals. A virtual certificate course in perinatal mental health was developed to train health professionals to identify and treat perinatal mental health disorders. Of the 41 participants, 90.2 % fulfilled the attendance criterion and 75.6 % of them secured the certification. Encouraging feedback (9.54/10) indicated that virtual courses could help enhance competency in health professionals to identify and treat perinatal mental health disorders.

Comments

Shiva L, Desai G, Chand P, Ganjekar S, Vaiphei K, Satyanarayana VA, Kishore MT, Thippeswamy H, Chandra PS. A virtual course in perinatal mental health for healthcare professionals. Asian J Psychiatr. 2021 Aug;62:102746. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102746. Epub 2021 Jul 3. PMID: 34243061.

Recommended Citation

Shiva, Lakshmi; Geetha Desai; Prabhat Chand; Sundarnag Ganjekar; Kimneihat Vaiphei; Veena A. Satyanarayana; M Thomas Kishore; Harish Thippeswamy; and Prabha S. Chandra. "A virtual course in perinatal mental health for healthcare professionals.." , (2021): 102746-102746. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hsc_echo_bibliography/89