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drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social
Perinatal psychiatrist | half of @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social | #maternalmentalhealth #womenshealth #meded #patientsafety | here for perinatal chat, book recommendations and cat pics 🏳️‍🌈
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The Maternal Mental Health Alliance is a network of over 130 member organisations working together to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. Meet our members on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/NFDGT3P More of our members are joining the app every day, so we expect this starter pack to keep growing.

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Trip to the cinema today to see M: Son of the Century, the new eight-part series dramatising Mussolini and the rise of Italian fascism

submitted 30 days ago • 1 comment

It’s the RCPsych perinatal trainees conference today, and I’m speaking about ADHD in the perinatal period! #rcpsychperi #maternalmentalhealth

submitted 34 days ago • 1 comment

I’m incredibly pleased to share the LGBTQ+ parents and carers digital zine. To reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation, we asked people to share their thoughts and experiences of being LGBTQ+ and a parent to make an online creative resource. The result is beautiful! heyzine.com/flip-book/d0...

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

A couple of new additions since i last shared this go.bsky.app/KKeTmNP

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New books for the RCPsych library from the perinatal faculty - essential reading for any aspiring perinatal psychiatrist! If you’re a member and you’d like to borrow a book, get in touch at [email protected] and they will post it to you for free #maternalmentalhealth #rcpsychperi

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📢 Calling all UK #Midwives! Please complete my quick anonymous survey on midwives’ knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in caring for autistic clients during the perinatal period. ✨ Your input can help shape future care practices + training! 🤰🏾 🔗 Survey: tinyurl.com/yc79yscc 🕑 Takes only 10 minutes

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I thoroughly enjoyed chatting to @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social about the complicated relationship between infant feeding and maternal mental health - it comes up in our clinical practice all the time! For more info and resources, check out @bfn-uk.bsky.social and @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

literature in translation should be the biggest section of any bookstore tbh

submitted 58 days ago • 10 comments

So happy to see The Parent Gap website go live!!! 😍 Really proud to have contributed to this important new resource for employers interested in better supporting the mental health of new & expectant parents from @mmhalliance.bsky.social & PANDAS Foundation. Check it out: theparentgap.co.uk

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Interested in #perinatalmentalhealth research? Here’s a starter pack of #maternalmentalhealth accounts to follow! go.bsky.app/9oEsdih

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

We’ve just finalised the programme for our RCPsych trainees #perinatalmentalhealth conference on 22nd January in London. Featuring talks from wonderful speakers inc @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social and @actiononpp.bsky.social ambassador and author Catherine Cho. Full programme and booking info below 🔗

submitted 74 days ago • 1 comment

I’m looking for academic researchers who research mental health and also (like me) have lived experience of mental ill health! Please share and get in touch if that’s you ❤️#academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social

submitted 85 days ago • 34 comments

If you’d like to hear more about sleep in the perinatal period, Chiara recently made a guest appearance on our podcast @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social www.buzzsprout.com/2290576/epis...

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Our next talk, from obstetrician Dr Chiara Petrosellini, focuses on sleep in the perinatal period. There are implications for maternal mental health: a recent #MBRRACE report identified a link between sleep disturbance and maternal suicide #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Next up, a session on perinatal OCD. Dr Himanshu Tyagi (medical psychotherapist and neuropsychiatrist) starts us off with an overview of the history and the neuropsychiatry of OCD #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Now we’re hearing trainee presentations for the Daksha Emson research prize… #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Next, Prof Sundari Anitha talks about domestic abuse at the intersection of gender and migration. She urges us to look beyond the “vulnerability” lens to consider structural factors - including precarity in migrant populations. #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

RCPsych perinatal faculty conference 2024! We have started the day with an update on bipolar medication and management in the perinatal period from @marisacdias.bsky.social #RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments