Oral Abstracts
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| ID | Presenter | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 69 | Mrs Jane Honikman | The Inclusion of Grandparents in Perinatal Mental Health |
| 100 | Dr Isabelle Mueller | Prenatal maternal depression affects infant autonomic regulation of sleep |
| 103 | Dr Emily Miller | Baby2Home and Parental Mental Health: A Randomized Trial |
| 107 | Dr Sonya Rudra | Prevalence of Mental Disorders in Parents with Intellectual Disabilities: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| 116 | Prof Gill Thomson | It takes a whole village of support: Evaluation of a Reproductive Trauma Service in North-West UK |
| 124 | Dr Naomi Dick Kaba | Between Fatalism and Resilience: Lived Experiences of Perinatal Mental Health of Women in the Village of Taki, Ivory Coast in 2025 |
| 130 | Dr Martina Alberani | What makes perinatal depression screening acceptable? A systematic review mapping women’s views, measurement practices, and implementation gaps |
| 136 | Mrs Helen Walker | Severe Perinatal Mental Illness in the UAE: Insights from Psychiatric Inpatient Admissions |
| 137 | Dr Julia Shekunov | Infant crying, maternal well-being, and the early microbiome: A pilot study of interconnected pathways in early life |
| 142 | Ms Mari Berglund | Healthcare teachers’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to perinatal mental health in Namibia, Malawi, and Zambia – perspectives on teaching and its development |
| 147 | Dr Alison Hipwell | Stability and change in perinatal depressive symptom trajectories: The role of social support and community green space |
| 154 | Dr Sundarnag Ganjekar | A longitudinal study on maternal and child outcome among mothers with postpartum psychosis admitted to the mother-baby unit in India |
| 180 | Dr Kate Keenan | The impact of stress on iron stores in pregnant Black American women |
| 196 | Dr Camille Hoffman | Gestational Choline Buffers Stress, Preterm Birth Risk and Child Neurodevelopment in African American Women |
| 205 | Dr Annette Bauer | Towards a standard costing approach and interactive decision-support tool for perinatal mental health in low- and middle-income countries: Application in Thailand |
| 211 | Dr Alexis Palfreyman | Hidden pregnancies, hidden systems: Perinatal mental health and (dis)respectful maternity care in institutional mothers’ homes – a scoping review for low- and middle-income countries |
| 212 | Dr Alexis Palfreyman | Violence, maternal homicide, and suicide in the perinatal period: Lessons from Mexico as a call to action for perinatal mental health |
| 216 | Mrs Michelle Anderson | “You say this is my baby…well, ok then”: Parental experiences and postnatal mental health following general anaesthetic caesarean section |
| 220 | Mrs Nokuthula Mabena | “The first time I laid eyes on my baby”: A qualitative exploration of maternal experiences following neonatal admission |
| 229 | Ms Tessa Fujisaki | Provider- and facility-level correlates of non-specialist provider competence in perinatal mental health skills in Western Kenya: a cross-sectional study |
| 237 | Dr Tatiana Salisbury | Pilot evaluation of a co-designed adolescent perinatal mental health intervention in Kenya and Mozambique: The INSPIRE project |
| 251 | Dr Camille Hoffman | Gestational Choline in the Second and Third Trimesters of Pregnancy Improves Child Neurodevelopment |
| 254 | Dr Eynav Accortt | Resources, Inspiration, Support and Empowerment (R.I.S.E.) for Black Maternal Mental Health; Preliminary Findings from a Randomized Control Trial |
| 260 | Dr Vered Bar | Global Mapping of Perinatal Mental Health Services for Women Suffering Severe and Complex Perinatal Mental Health Disorders |
| 265 | Dr Maria Luisa Imaz Gurruchaga | Polyhydramnios as a Clinical Clue in Lithium Exposed Pregnancies: Findings from a Retrospective Cohort |
| 272 | Ms Tigist Eshetu | Identification of psychosocial problems in routine antenatal care in Ethiopia: a facility-based cross-sectional study |
| 281 | Dr Anteneh Asefa | Integrating perinatal mental health into maternal and child health services in Ethiopia and Guinea: a complex systems analysis of policy and implementation |
| 285 | Dr Brieanne Kohrt | Bearing Witness and Bearing Life: Exploring the Dual Role of Perinatal Psychologists in High-Acuity Settings through Collaborative Autoethnography |
| 286 | Dr Lerato Malakoane | Perinatal outcomes of patients attending a Maternal Mental Health Clinic at a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg |
| 310 | Dr Nicole Votruba | A complex, community-based, task-shifting perinatal mental health intervention in rural India: a RE-AIM and realist mixed-methods evaluation of the PRAMH phase 2 pilot |
| 316 | Ms Tyla Prinsloo | Embedding attachment-informed strategies in a primary-care perinatal mental health service in Cape Town: a case series |
| 317 | Ms Rinde Louise Willemijn Yildiz | Psychiatric vulnerability and consultations for perceived reduced fetal movement: an opportunity to identify and address maternal mental illness during pregnancy? |
| 324 | Dr Amanda Firth | More Than Words: The Importance of Relational Communication in Interpreted Perinatal Mental Health Conversations |
| 325 | Dr Amanda Firth | Vicarious Trauma and Emotional Labour Among Interpreters Supporting Perinatal Mental Health Conversations |
| 366 | Dr Albert Manasyan | Admission to the Kangaroo Mother Care Ward and Maternal Postpartum Depression: a Randomized Controlled Trial |
| 368 | Mr Asterico Neema | Time-and-motion study of a stepped care intervention for screening and treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in maternal-child health clinics in Western Kenya |
| 369 | Dr Jennifer Payne | Epigenetic Studies in Postpartum Psychosis: Implications for Reproductive Mood Disorders |
| 376 | Dr Stephanie Redinger | An evaluation of the UNICEF Caring for the Caregiver (CFC) intervention against the routine standard of care in Northern Uganda: a quasi-experimental prospective cohort study |
| 377 | Ms Caitlin Briedenhann | Community health worker stress, self-efficacy, mental health, and social support following training and delivery of a perinatal intervention in Uganda |
| 380 | Ms Ashwathi PG | “With Or Without My Child, I Am Still A Mother”: Lived Experience And Treatment Needs Of Indian Women Survivors Of Perinatal Loss |
| 416 | Mrs Keesha Lebitsa | Building compassionate systems for maternal care: Perinatal Mental Health Project strategies to reduce obstetric violence and support healthcare providers |
| 417 | Dr Angel Phuti | Substance use and abuse among perinatal women in Africa: An integrated literature review |
| 421 | Prof Sigridur Sia Jonsdottir | The Antenatal Risk Questionnaire: Its psychometric properties and comparison with EPDS and DASS for use in Iceland for prevention of mental health problems |
| 422 | Dr Mari Ikeda | Exploring Differences in Perceptions in the Transition to Parenthood: A Perinatal Study Using Narrative and Embodied Methods |
| 427 | Dr Gina Rencken | A research Informed Mother–Infant Dyadic Intervention for HIV-Exposed Infants and Maternal Mental Health in South African Primary Care |
| 435 | Dr Alexis Palfreyman | A matter of life and death: A scoping review of the relationship between induced abortion and women’s self-harm and suicide |
| 448 | Ms Nicole Twum-Ampofo | Postpartum depression and birthing parent–infant interactions assessed using the coding Interactive Behavior Instrument: a systematic review |
| 463 | Ms Nicole Twum-Ampofo | The impact of peer-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy for postpartum depression on affectionate touch in birthing parent–infant interactions |
| 467 | Ms Julia Siodmiak | Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Postpartum Mental Health: An Integrative Randomized Controlled Trial |
| 468 | Dr Qing Li | Preventing Perinatal Depression, Substance Use, and Self-Harm Ideation in Nurse-Family Partnership Program to Design Injury Related Early Warning Systems and Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality |
| 477 | Dr Crystal Clark | Characterization of Reproductive Health Among Black Birthing Canadians |
| 479 | Dr Katherine Elizabeth Sevar | Perinatal depression and migration: a systematic review |
| 482 | Prof Tamsen Rochat | A cluster randomised trial of an integrated behavioural activation and parenting intervention for perinatal depression and child development in HIV-positive women in South Africa |
