Perinatal mental healthcare: Developing skills in midwifery students

Midwives have a pivotal role in screening for risk factors for mental illness and psychosocial vulnerabilities in women during the perinatal period. They also have a key responsibility to provide women with the appropriate resources to support their mental wellbeing. Midwives can lack confidence and/or feelings of competence regarding these skills.Care of women in the context of their perinatal mental health is a core midwifery skill that deserves practical learning during pre-registration education, just as the more ‘hands on’ skills such as abdominal palpation, labour and birth support or newborn examination.

Source: Women and Birth - November 29, 2022 Category: Midwifery Authors: Deborah Fox, Kathryn Solanki, Georgia Brown, Christine Catling, Vanessa Scarf, Annabel Sheehy, Loretta Musgrave, Jayne Margetts, Tyra McEwen, Patrick Abela, Kathleen Baird Tags: Original research Source Type: research