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The Lancashire Study Day - Women & Mental Health

Thursday 30th May 2002

hosted by
Lancashire Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health,
Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK

keynote speaker
Prof. John Cox, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

additional speakers
Dr. Angelica Wieck, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Prof. William Bingley, University of Central Lancashire
Dr Margaret Bamforth, Halton General Hospital NHS Trust  
Dr Sheena Pollet, Halton General Hospital NHS Trust  
Prof. Dora Kohen, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust & 
University of Central Lancashire

Awareness and recognition of women's mental health issues have been promoted by the production of national documents such as the NHS Plan, the NSF for Women and Mental Health and the confidential Enquiry of "Why women die?", and a document on Domestic Violence.

In particular, perinatal psychiatric problems have been highlighted, these are an area of interest to professionals including Psychiatrists, General Practitioners, Obstetricians, Health Visitors, Midwives, Community Psychiatric Nurses and Social Workers.

The Lancashire Study Day for Women and Mental Health has been organised to promote the issue of women's mental health in the perinatal period.  The aim is to underline the problems of motherhood and to host a multi-disciplinary discussion of problems, possible solutions and future service provision.

Who should attend: -

Trainee Psychiatrists
Consultant Psychiatrists
Women & Mental Health Unit Managers
General Practitioners
Health Visitors
Practice Nurses
Midwives
Local Mental Health Strategy Co-ordinators 
Nursery Nurses
Social Workers
Members of Voluntary Organisations
Members of Self Help Groups

Draft Conference Programme

9.30 - 10.00am Registration and coffee

Chair - Professor Peter Aggett
Head of Lancashire Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health
Co-Chair - Professor Dora Kohen
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust and Lancashire Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health

10.00 - 10.15am	
Welcome - Professor Peter Aggett & 
Professor Dora Kohen

10.15 - 11.15am 	
Professor Cox, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Topic - Implementing Recommendations of the Confidential Inquiry into Maternal Deaths; Primary and Secondary Prevention.  Can It Be Done?

11.15 - 11.45am         Coffee

11.45 - 12.30am 	
Dr Angelica Wieck, Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Clinician, South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust
Topic - Assessment of Parenting in Women with Severe Mental Illness

12.30 - 1.15pm 	
Professor William Bingley, University of Central Lancashire
Topic - Women, Mental Health and the Use of Compulsion

1.15 - 2.15pm   Lunch

2.15 - 2.45pm 	
Dr Margaret Bamforth, Halton General Hospital NHS Trust 
Topic - The Impact of Maternal Mental Illness on Children & Families (Adolescents' Perspective)

2.45 - 3.15pm   	
Dr Sheena Pollet, Halton General Hospital NHS Trust  
Topic - The Impact of Maternal Mental Illness on Children & Families (Psychotherapists' Perspective)

3.15 - 4.00pm 	
Professor Dora Kohen, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust and Postgraduate School of Medicine and Health 
Topic - The Future of Mother and Baby Services

4.00 - 4.15pm   Questions & Answers

4.15pm          Close

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