CARING FOR THE EMOTIONS IN PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND BEYOND

9.00 am Chair: Dr Luke Zander, General Practitioner

Antenatal anxiety and its effect on the child's behavioural and emotional development
Dr Tom O'Connor, Institute of Psychiatry, London

Maternal depression and its impact on the child: findings from an 11 year follow-up study
Dr Susan Pawlby, Dept. of Perinatal Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London

Effects of birth care on maternal emotional health - a consumer perspective
Jean Robinson, AIMS

'Silent Witness' - care and communication in the delivery room
Professor Keith Greene and Mrs Mo Harris, Perinatal Research Group, Derriford
Hospital, Plymouth

1.00 pm Lunch and AGM of the RSM Forum on Maternity and the Newborn

2.00 pm Chair: Elvidina Adamson-Macedo, Neonatal Health Psvchologist, School of Applied
Sciences, University of Wolverhampton

The contribution of Midwifery and Health Visitor care to maternal emotional health Sandra Elliott, Maternal & Perinatal Partnership in Mental Health, St. Thomas's Hospital, London

Continuity of carer - making a difference
Becky Read and Cathy Walton, The Albany Midwifery Practice, Deptford, London

Meeting the needs of parents in discharge planning in neonatal units
Jean Bain, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Continuity of psychological care from the neonatal unit to the home
Christina del Priore, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Yorkhill NHS Trust, Glasgow

5.00 pm Close of meeting.