Providing appropriate perinatal mental health treatment for mild/moderate anxiety/depression in our communities



Date & Location
Thursday, July 18, 2024, 7:00 AM - Sunday, July 18, 2027, 7:30 AM

Credits
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (0.50 hours), ANCC Nursing Contact Hours (0.50 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (0.50 hours)

Overview

Becca Casey, MSN, PMHNP-BC will discuss why we need midwives and obstetricians caring for the mental health of birthing people. She will also provide a brief review of screening for depression/anxiety and evidenced-based treatments for mild/moderate depression/anxiety. She will convey common side effects with antidepressant treatment and strategies to mitigate those side effects and share resources for non-psychiatric providers to utilize.

Presenter

Becca Casey, MSN, PMHNP-BC
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Department of Psychiatry
DHMC, Lebanon, NH 

About our Presenter

Becca has a BA from Simmons College (2005) and MSN from Yale School of Nursing (2011).  In 2012, she completed a behavioral health fellowship at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Chelmsford, MA. She has spent 13 years providing psychiatric care directly and as a consultant at various community health organizations in New England. She is currently a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and faculty member at Dartmouth Geisel Medical School since 2018. She has spent six years working embedded in our obstetrics and gynecology department supporting the mental health of the perinatal population with director, Julie Frew MD. She also provides proactive inpatient consult service on DHMC’s medical floors. She contributes as an educator to psychiatric nurse practitioners and medical residents. She is a member of the International Marcé Society for Perinatal Mental Health. She has pursued advanced perinatal mental health training with Postpartum Support International (PSI), MGH women’s mental health and the National Curriculum of Reproductive Psychiatry (NCRP). She is currently pursuing certification in reproductive psychiatry with NCRP’s year-long training program.


Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this learning activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe one new prescribing approach for managing anxiety or depression in perinatal individuals with mental health conditions.
  2. Discuss approaches that can make the treatment of PMHC more strengths-based and collaborative.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

American Medical Association (AMA)
Dartmouth Health designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
Dartmouth Health designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 0.50 ANCC contact hours.

All other learners may claim CME-designated participation credit. Consult your professional licensing board regarding the applicability and acceptance of CME-designated participation credit for programs certified for credit by organizations accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Education.

Registration/Requirements for Successful Completion
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Bibliographic Sources

Provider Contact Information
Provider contact information for questions regarding accreditation of the activity:

Center for Learning and Professional Development
CE Office
Dartmouth Health
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