Post-traumatic Stress Disorder following Childbirth

Swedish Society of Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynaecology
(Svensk Förening för Psykosocial Obstetrik & Gynekologi, SFPOG)

Symposium Friday 24 april 2009, Nanna SwartzAuditorium, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm

Program

9.00-10.00	Registration and coffee
10.00-10.10	Introduction
10.15-11.00	Origin, characteristics and prevalence	Klaas Wijma, Professor of Medical Psychology, University of Linköping
11.00-11.45	What do women (and men) tell us? - Qualitative research	Susan Ayers, Senior Lecturer of Health Psychology, University of Sussex
11.50-12.20	The role of obstetrics	Elsa Lena Ryding, Gynaecologist, PhD Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
12.20-13.30	Lunch
13.30-14.00	Traumatic childbirth in Yemen	Annica Kempe, Anthropologist, PhD candidate, Division of Stress Research Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
14.00-14.30	Psychological treatment	Kirsti McKenzie-McHarg, Clinical Research Psychologist, University of Oxford
14.30-14.45	Fruit paus
14.45-15.20	Implications for fathers and infants. What should we do in the future?	Pauline Slade, Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Sheffield
15.20-16.00	Discussion and conclusion

Moderator: Klaas Wijma.

Fee: SFPOG Members 700 SEK, full time students and pensioners 500 SEK, others 1100 SEK. Morning coffee, lunch in the hospital restaurant and fruit included.

Registration: Mail anneli.kero@sfpog.se before 1/4. Registration is binding, no refunding. Give your name and telephone number. All who get a seat will be notified in time by Anneli Kero. For membership application: www.sfpog.se.