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Supporting the mental health of bereaved parents after miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal deaths
This webinar discusses the complex relationship between grief, loss, and mental health for bereaved parents. Panellists share their insights on the risk factors and warning signs of mental illness for bereaved parents who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or when pregnancy ends for medical reasons.
Learning Outcomes

• Describe the complex relationship between grief and loss, and mental health for bereaved parents after miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death.
• Discuss the risk factors and warning signs of mental illness for people experiencing grief and loss after miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death.
• Discuss ways to guide conversations and identify strategies to support bereaved parents’ mental health.
• Outline strategies to assist health practitioners make appropriate referrals to support the mental health of bereaved parents after miscarriage, stillbirth and neonatal death.

Panel List

• Bonnie Carter OAM (Peer Worker/Lived Experience, ACT)
• Dr. Nicole Hall (General Practitioner, NSW)
• Dr. Matthew Roberts (Psychiatrist/Psychotherapist, VIC)
• Eliza Strauss (Bereavement Midwife, VIC) 

Facilitator: Prof. Stephen Trumble (General Practitioner, VIC)
 

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Disclaimer

This webinar was produced in June 2023. The Mental Health Professionals’ Network’s webinars are produced for mental health professionals. The information is intended for suitably-experienced mental health professionals and does not replace clinical judgement and decision making. It is intended for use as a guide of a general nature only and may or may not be relevant to particular patients or circumstances. The subject matter is not exhaustive of any mental health conditions presented. Health professionals implementing any recommendations contained in the webinar must exercise their own independent skill or judgement or seek appropriate professional advice relevant to their own particular circumstances when so doing. Any information presented in the webinar recording was deemed relevant at the time of the live event and after this date has not been reviewed. No guarantee can be given that the information is free from error or omission. Accordingly, MHPN and its employees and agents shall have no liability (including without limitation liability by reason of negligence) to any users of the information contained in any MHPN webinar for any loss or damage (consequential or otherwise) cost or expense incurred or arising by reason of any person using or relying on the information contained in MHPN webinars and whether caused by reason of any error, negligent act, omission or misrepresentation of the information.