Perinatal Mental Health:

Caring for Mom

The transition into pregnancy and parenthood can bring profound emotional and psychological challenges—but knowing what is a normal adjustment and what requires clinical attention can make all the difference.

Are you confident you can recognize the warning signs of perinatal mental health conditions, assess risk, and respond effectively when a parent needs help?

Join licensed clinical social worker Beth Oldham for a practical, clinically focused exploration of perinatal mental health. You’ll gain a framework for recognizing concerns ranging from postpartum depression and anxiety to perinatal OCD, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and birth trauma.

You’ll learn how to:

• Distinguish “baby blues” from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders based on onset, duration, severity, and clinical presentation

• Recognize perinatal-specific symptoms, including perinatal anxiety and “mom rage”

• Differentiate ego-dystonic intrusive thoughts associated with perinatal OCD from the impaired reality testing seen in postpartum psychosis

• Conduct a comprehensive perinatal risk assessment incorporating biological, psychosocial, and birth-trauma factors

• Use validated screening tools, including the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS)

• Develop practical support plans that address sleep, feeding, maternal burden, treatment needs, and safety

• Navigate difficult conversations with compassion while identifying when additional intervention or referral is needed

Turn knowledge into confident, compassionate action.

Whether you’re a perinatal specialist, mental health professional, healthcare provider, or community professional, this course will strengthen your ability to recognize when a parent needs support and respond with greater clarity and confidence.

Enroll today and gain the practical tools to help parents feel seen, supported, and connected when they need it most.

North Dakota Professional Coupon Code: NDKIDS

This effort is associated with North Dakota’s Pediatric Mental Health Care Access (PMHCA) Grant, funded by the federal Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), administered through the North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services – Behavioral Health Division.