The guidelines mark a significant milestone in improving perinatal mental health care, and are accompanied by a patient and family guide “Seeds of Hope”, which is freely available in both English and French. https://t.co/UQOdEItPx2
Dr. Fairbrother is honoured to have been included in the development of the new CANMAT Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Perinatal Mood, Anxiety & Related Disorders!https://t.co/Zd4rhQnELL Special thanks to Drs. Simone Vigod & Benicio Frey for leading this initiative!
Happy Holidays on behalf of the PARLab! Thank you to all our followers, participants, and collaborators for supporting our work. We wish you a joyful holiday season and a Happy New Year ❄️ 🌟
Our colleague from the University of York is seeking pregnant people to take part in their research about how your changing body feels to you during pregnancy. The study involves completing a questionnaire online, which only takes about 5 minutes! https://t.co/YZMqtmai6x
Check out our new publication about the associations between prior trauma, mental health, and fear of childbirth among pregnant people! https://t.co/BKL9buVM1d
New Publication! The findings from this study indicate that the occurrence of postpartum unwanted intrusive thoughts (UITs) of infant-related harm is normative and typically self-revolving. For the full findings: https://t.co/HdxaHxoH65
Congratulations to Dr. Salina Kung for winning best poster award at the Canadian National Perinatal Research Meeting earlier last month! Her project is focused on understanding the relationship between perinatal OCD and separation anxiety. Stay tuned for the published results!
On this year’s International Day of Action for Women’s Health, we are excited to announce the launch of our Crowdfunding UBC Campaign! Your donation will directly contribute to crucial research on postpartum harm thoughts. Visit our campaign page at https://t.co/jvut8sBW93
Meet Chassy, the lab's summer research program awardee! Chassy is a recent graduate of UBC Psychology's Honours program. She will be working on several projects but is primarily assisting with the PASS Screening Study. Outside of research, Chassy loves to crochet and read.
We are still recruiting participants for the PASS Screening study!
If you live in BC, are 18 years of age or older, pregnant, and expecting your baby prior to November 23rd, you are eligible! Click this link to learn more and participate: https://t.co/JiI9c9qIRJ
Last week, Dr. Fairbrother had the honour of appearing as a witness at the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Health to advocate for women's mental health! To hear from her and the other wonderful witnesses, you can access the full recording on The House of Commons' website.
The UBC PAR Lab is still recruiting participants for the PASS Screening study!
If you live in British Columbia, are 18 years of age or older, and are less than 32 weeks pregnant, click this link to learn more and participate: https://t.co/JiI9c9qIRJ
We are hiring an interviewer for our Perinatal Anxiety Screening Study!
Do you have training and experience in the administration of diagnostic interviews? We want to hear from you!
Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/oox3t6G8lh
New Publication!
Check out our recent study on interest in stress management training programmes (SMT) during pregnancy and its association with medical risk, pregnancy-specific stress, prenatal worry, and depressed mood.
https://t.co/McFQdRcNVy
Today is World Mental Health Day and we are so excited to share our NEW infographic on Anxiety in Pregnancy & the Postpartum! We encourage you to share this with anyone who may benefit from this resource. Head over to our website for the full version: https://t.co/vFXOEU3nXx
In our 2nd session of trainee talks, Bryn Stagg from @par_lab presents research on the role of sleep in predicting #postpartum#OCD, which shows that women & birthing people are at ⬆️ risk for experiencing postpartum OCD due to reduced sleep quality during #pregnancy 😴 #WHRTC
The UBC PAR Lab is recruiting for the PASS Screening study! If you live in BC, are 18 years of age or older, and are less than 32 weeks pregnant, check out https://t.co/JiI9c9qIRJ to learn more and to participate!
Thank you to all who have supported us in our mission to promote the mental health of pregnant and postpartum people🤍 We are now collecting donations to support our current and future research initiatives. For more info, and to donate, visit: https://t.co/GkDWocWZ3k