IFWIP website aims to provide information on the following areas:
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Normal emotional changes in pregnancy
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Self-care: Diet/ nutrition, exercise, rest, relaxation
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Pregnancy complications & its impact on mental health
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Traumatic pregnancy and birth experience/ Post Traumatic Stress disorders (PTSD)
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Tocophobia
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Mental health emergencies (‘Red flag symptoms’)
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Impacts of stress during pregnancy
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Complex family/ social circumstances (homeless, financial difficulties, domestic violence, marital disharmony, drug/ alcohol problems/ under judicial custody, victims of sexual violence) during pregnancy.
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Bereavement (pregnancy loss, stillbirth or neonatal death) or babies admitted to Special Care Baby Unit/ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)
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Partner’s mental health
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Infant mental health
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Parent-infant attachment
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Adult attachment
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Parenting education
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Mental health conditions during pregnancy (anxiety, depression, OCD, Eating Disorders, Bipolar, Schizophrenia and Personality disorders) and Learning Disabilities and Postnatal mental health conditions (Baby Blues, Postnatal Depression and Post Partum Psychosis).
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Use of medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
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Mental health conditions in teenage pregnancy.
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Cultural/ religious factors in Perinatal Mental Health in global perspective.
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Role of alternative medicine and others
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Peer Support
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Bereaved families
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Care of the mothers who need admission to Psychiatric Units
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Considering pregnancy after perinatal Mental health illnesses.