Postpartum Mental Health Concerns
It's often difficult to tell the difference between postpartum blues vs. postpartum depression vs. postpartum anxiety. We will talk about symptoms, risk factors and management options, including what you can do to help yourself during the vulnerable postpartum period.
Speaker: Dr. Bev Young, MD, FRCPC
Speaker Bio: Dr. Bev Young is the co-founder of BRIA, a one-stop shop for women's mental healthcare. She is a Psychiatrist with over 22 years of experience, specializing in women’s mental health issues across the reproductive life cycle. Her career has focused specifically on mood and anxiety disorders relating to pregnancy, infertility, perinatal loss and postpartum adjustment. Before co-founding BRIA, Dr. Young developed and led two of the largest perinatal psychiatry programs in Ontario- the Reproductive Life Stages Program at Women’s College Hospital and the Perinatal Mental Health Program at Mount Sinai Hospital. She has been a pioneer in telemedicine services for the perinatal population, and has been using virtual care to treat patients across Ontario since 2014. As a leader in her field, she is relentlessly dedicated to improving access to high quality reproductive psychiatric care. She has been involved in community and academic education throughout her career, and has trained many other perinatal psychiatrists across Ontario. With her new virtual clinic, BRIA, she hopes to provide access to mental health services to women across Canada.
Organization: BRIA
Website: www.betterbria.com
Instagram: @betterbria
A few other notes:
Attendance will be managed using the Meetup App. Please RSVP before coming to the church.
Doors open at 10:00am, and attendees generally arrive between 10:00 and 10:30. We understand that babies nap at various times, and not everyone is able to join at the same time. In the event you arrive after 10:30, we ask that you please enter quietly to minimize disruption to the speaker. Meeting format:
10:00 - 10:30: Socializing
10:30 - 10:35: Announcements
10:35 - 11:35: Speaker
11:35 - 12:00: Socializing
In order to protect each other and our community, we ask that if you are not feeling well to please stay home.
Please enter the church via the entrance with the rainbow fence on Ridley Blvd. Go up the stairs to the first landing, turn right and we will be in The Henry Marsh Room (The Parlour).
Tuesday meetups are for full members but social members can also join for a $5 drop-in fee.
Strollers are not permitted inside of the church. Please park your stroller next to the entrance.
Please take off all wet/dirty footwear when you arrive and leave it in the coat rack area in the hallway before entering the meeting room.
Parking is available on Ridley Blvd. Please do not park in the church lot (the church has asked us not to park in the church lot).
E-mail: info@northtorontomoms.com
Website: http://www.northtorontomoms.com/
Instagram: @ntmoms
Check out our events page for more information and other events. You can also RSVP via our group on the Meetup App.