Conference Programme
September 27th, 2022
9.30 -9.40 CET Introductions
9:40-10:30 CET Welcome - Presentation of the RISEUP-PPD project and structure
10:30-12:30 CET The impact of COVID-19 on mental health systems and services
14:00-16:00 CET Current evidence on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health
September 28th, 2022
10:00-12:00 CET Ethics and health care in crises
14:00-16:00 CET Innovations in mental health assessment methods and interventions
September 29th, 2022
11:00-13:00 CET The impact of adversity on maternal mental health and neurodevelopment
14:30-16:30 CET Addressing perinatal mental health in migrant and refugee women
9.30 -9.40 CET Introductions
9:40-10:30 CET Welcome - Presentation of the RISEUP-PPD project and structure
- Ana Ganho, PhD Action Chair
- Sandra Nakic Rados, PhD, Action Vice-Chair
10:30-12:30 CET The impact of COVID-19 on mental health systems and services
- Chair: Claire Wilson, King’s College London, UK
- Mervi Jokinen, European Midwives Association: "Maternity care during COVID: was anyone left behind."
- Simone Honikman, University of Cape Town, South Africa: “COVID and perinatal mental health: Challenges and opportunities from South Africa.”
- Nerea Almeda, Loyola University, Spain: “Coping with Psychological Impact of COVID-19: An Analysis of International Online Documents and Recommendations.”
14:00-16:00 CET Current evidence on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health
- Chair: Emma Motrico, University Loyola, Seville, Spain.
- Vera Mateus, Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique, Portugal: “Rates of depressive and anxiety symptoms in the perinatal period during the COVID-19 pandemic.”
- Ana Mesquita, University of Minho, Portugal: “The impact of governmental responses to the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health: A Riseup-PPD COVID-19 task force study.”
- Alkistis Skalkidou, Uppsala University, Sweden: “Mental health among pregnant women during the pandemic in Sweden– a mixed methods approach using data from the Mom2B mobile application.”
- Miguel Cordero, University of Chile, Chile: “Social Determinants of Perinatal Mental Health within the Chilean Maternal & Infant Cohort Study II (ChiMINCs II)”
September 28th, 2022
10:00-12:00 CET Ethics and health care in crises
- Chair: Susanne Uusitalo, University of Turku, Finland
- Laura Puumala, University of Turku, Finland: “Emergency Ethics and Moral Stress.”
- Sakari Ilomäki, Tampere University, Finland: “Client participation as interaction in the (post-)pandemic era - Clinical activities, care relationships and ethics.”
- Katarina Savic Vujovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia: “COVID-19 in pregnant women: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas.”
- Lena Yri Engelsen, LF 1001 days, Norway: “The critical 1001 days in the time of crisis. Lest not forget.”
14:00-16:00 CET Innovations in mental health assessment methods and interventions
- Chair: Sarah Kittel Schneider, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
- Ana Ganho, University of Coimbra, Portugal: “Non-invasive brain stimulation in perinatal mental health: current status and future directions.”
- María de la Fe Rodríguez Muñoz, UNED, Spain: “Healthy Moms and Babies Preventive Psychological Intervention Application: A pathway to prevent PPD.”
- Konstantina Pagoni, Uppsala University, Sweden: “Mom2B: predicting perinatal depression using digital phenotyping and machine learning, a mobile app-based research study.”
- Babette Bais, Delft, the Netherlands: “Bright light therapy for antepartum depression.”
September 29th, 2022
11:00-13:00 CET The impact of adversity on maternal mental health and neurodevelopment
- Chair: Ana Mesquita, University of Minho, Portugal
- Jodi Pawluski, University of Rennes, France: “The neurobiology of perinatal mental illness.”
- Hilmar Bijma, Erasmus University, the Netherlands: “The impact of stress and other early childhood adversities on brain development during pregnancy and in the first two years of life.”
- Rafael A. Caparrós González, University of Granada, Spain: “Maternal Prenatal Stress before and during the COVID-19.”
- Alain Gregoire: “Complex-PTSD in the perinatal period: challenges and opportunities for research and practice.”
14:30-16:30 CET Addressing perinatal mental health in migrant and refugee women
- Chair: Laurence Van Den Abeele-Bosteels, Make Mothers Matter, Belgium
- Magdalena Chrzan-Dętkoś (University of Gdańsk, Poland), Maria Rodriguez-Muñoz (UNED, Spain) and Liudmyla Krupelnytska (Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine): “Good Practices in Perinatal Mental Health during the war in Ukraine crisis: A narrative synthesis from Riseup-PPD.”
- Liudmyla Krupelnytska & Olha Morozova-Larina, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv: “Perinatal experience of women during the war in Ukraine: a study using in-depth interviews.”
- Magdalena Chrzan-Dętkoś, University of Gdańsk, Poland: “Reflections from the unexpected lesson of suddenly becoming a host country: Challenges and first solutions in the field of perinatal mental health.”
- Maria Marti Castaner, University of Copenhagen, Denmark: “Promoting maternal mental health among immigrant and refugee women: A case study of Denmark's home visiting program.”
- Lena Verdeli, Columbia University, New York, USA.