From Research to Action: Improving Perinatal Mental Health in Ireland

The conference titled "From Research to Action: Improving Perinatal Mental Health for Women in Ireland" co-hosted by the National Women’s Council and Trinity Centre for Maternity Care Research will take place on 1st May 2024, coinciding with World Maternal Mental Health Day, at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin.

The details for this in-person event are as follows:

· Date: Wednesday 1st May 2024

· Registration and Refreshments: 10:30 - 11:00 am

· Conference: 11.00am - 2:00pm (followed by light lunch)

· Location: Lecture Theatre 2.57, TCD School of Nursing and Midwifery, The Gas Building, 24 D’Olier Street, Dublin 2.

The purpose of this event is to create an inclusive space to amplify women’s voices and experiences of maternal mental health, particularly those from marginalised and ethnic minority groups. The conference will have several excellent contributors, including leading civil society organisations working directly with marginalised cohorts of women and in mental health advocacy, women with lived experience, key academics, and HSE colleagues from various relevant disciplines.

Conference Chair: Catherine Brogan, Chair of Sharing the Vision NIMC

Presentation: The policy landscape influencing perinatal mental health outcomes by Fiona Coyle, CEO of Mental Health Reform

Presentation: Perinatal mental health in Ireland: Woman centered research by Dr Déirdre Daly & Dr Susie Hannon, MAMMI Study.

Panel Discussion : Understanding the challenges to accessing women-centered care

Panel Chair: TBC

Panellists:

· Angela Dunne, Director of Midwifery, National Women & Infant Health Programme

· Dr Krysia Lynch, Chair, AIMS Ireland

· Emilia Marchelewska, Cairde

· Daniela Ferro, See Change Ambassador

Presentations: Community based supports for perinatal mental health by Susan Brocklesby, and other presenters TBC.

Panel Discussion: Barriers & Enablers to the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Model of Care in Ireland

Panel Chair: Dr. Margo Wrigley, Former HSE Lead for Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Programme

Panellists:

· Dr Colm Cooney, HSE Lead for Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Programme

· Dr Triona McCaffrey, Lecturer in Music Therapy

· Dr Mas Mahady Mohamad, Consultant Psychiatrist with the Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Team, University Maternity Hospital Limerick.

· Michelle Daly Hayes, Lived Experience Champion

Please advise Poushali Kundu [email protected] if you have any special requirements, e.g. ISL interpretation, by April 23rd so that we can make arrangements.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

TCD School of Nursing & Midwifery, 24 D'Olier Street, Dublin, Ireland