“What if good enough isn’t good enough?” – Understanding maternal OCD and perfectionism
Perinatal and parent infant mental health lecture series (CPD90)
Our perinatal and parent infant mental health lecture series (CPD90) offers the opportunity to hear from a range of speakers, each experts in their field, as they share clinical insights, experience and research in perinatal and parent-infant mental health.
In this lecture, taking place on Tuesday 16 December, Chrissy Jayarajah will present on maternal OCD and perfectionism .
The online lecture is delivered on Zoom and will include a presentation and interactive Q&A session. A CPD certificate will be provided to evidence attendance, and a recording of the lecture will be made available to all registrants.
About this lecture
“What if good enough isn’t good enough?” – Understanding maternal OCD and perfectionism
Event date and time
Tuesday 16 December, 12 to 1.30pm
Speaker
Dr Chrissy Jayarajah – Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist and Research Lead of Perinatal Services
Synposis
Maternal perfectionism is a common yet under diagnosed and under-researched area which can impact not only on the client maternity experience but the client-professional relationship. In this lecture we will explore the diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) occurring in the perinatal period, and how modern-day socio-cultural factors may influence the desire and drive towards maternal perfectionism, regarding Donald Winnicott famously discussed concept of the ‘Good enough mother’ and aspects of parent infant bonding and attachment.
This lecture will be recorded, and a recording will be sent to registrants.
About this speaker
Dr Chrissy Jayarajah is a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist and Research Lead of Perinatal Services at CNWL in London. She is an honorary senior research fellow at the George Institute for Global health, Imperial College London. She is scientific adviser for the Maternal OCD Charity, and has both clinical and academic expertise in the management and treatment of perinatal OCD and use of medication during pregnancy and breast feeding.
Who is this lecture for?
Our perinatal mental health lectures are suitable for a wide range of practitioners who work with women, birthing people, their babies and families during the perinatal period, as well as those who are interested in working in, or finding out more about, perinatal and parent-infant mental health.
For example, you may be working as a:
- children’s centre and early years’ practitioner
- family support worker
- family hubs worker
- health visitor or health visitor assistant
- charity practitioner or volunteer
- midwife or midwife assistant
- talking therapies practitioner
- obstetrician
- GP
- social worker
- occupational therapist
nurse - neonatology practitioner
- psychiatrist
- peer support worker
- nursery nurse
- CAMHS practitioner or 0-5 practitioner
Book your place
You can book a place on a lecture in this series using our MyTAP booking system. Each lecture costs £30 and is booked separately on MyTAP via the button below. If you are looking to commission five or more places on this lecture for your organisation or service, please contact us at CPDevents@tavi-port.ac.uk.
You will receive confirmation by email, and we will be in touch approximately one week before each lecture with detailed joining instructions.
Should you have any concerns about the accessibility of remote delivery please contact us at CPDEvents@tavi-port.ac.uk to discuss how we can best help you.