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25th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 41S (2017) S53–S68 S65
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Psychiatric training in perinatal
mental health across European
countries
M. Casanova Dias ∗, E. Sonmez , F. Baessler , A. Kanellopoulos ,
S. Naughton , M. Pinto Da Costa , H. Ryland , L. De Picker
1 Cardiff University School of Medicine, MRC Center for
Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff, United Kingdom
2 Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
3 Centre for Psychosocial Medicine and Department of General
Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University Hospital
Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
4 Mental Health Unit Evgenidion Therapeftirion, National
Kapodistrian University Athens, Athens, Greece
5 Psychiatry of Old Age Registrar, Mater Misericordiae University
Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
6 Hospital Magalhaes Lemos, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
7 Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University,
London, United Kingdom
8 South West London and St. George’s Mental Health NHS Trust,
London, United Kingdom
9 University of Antwerp, Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research
Unit, Antwerp, Belgium
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction The aim of postgraduate psychiatric training is to
prepare psychiatrists to practice independently. The quality of care
provided will depend on the training they received. Pregnancy
and childbirth (usually called the perinatal period) are a high-
risk period for many women with psychiatric problems. An illness
episode at that time can have a devastating effect on women and
the whole family, including the child’s development.
Objectives To understand how perinatal mental health training
is organized within Europe and how it fits in the training curricula.
Methods The European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees con-
ducts an annual survey of all member country organizations. We
have asked respondents if they received training in perinatal psy-
chiatry, whether that was optional or mandatory and what was its
duration. Where training in perinatal psychiatry was not available
we asked if they felt it should be.
Results Data will be presented from the 35 countries that
responded in the 2016 survey. Six countries reported that train-
ing in perinatal mental health is available. But it is mandatory in
only one, with the others offering a mix of theoretical and practi-
cal optional training. Of the 29 countries that do not offer perinatal
psychiatry training, the majority reported it should be offered and
mandatory.
Conclusion There is a gap in the expectations of psychiatrists
treating women in pregnancy and after birth, and a widespread
lack of training for them to be able to do so effectively.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Psychiatric trainees’ experience of
their training in perinatal mental
health
E. Sönmez ∗, M. Casanova Dias , M. Pinto Da Costa
1 Marmara university Pendik training and research hospital,
Psychiatry, Istanbul, Turkey
2 Cardiff university, mrc centre for neuropsychiatric genetics and
genomics, London, United Kingdom
3 Hospital de Magalhaes Lemos- university of Porto- unit for social
and community psychiatry- queen mary university of London-
London- United Kingdom, psychiatry, Porto, Portugal
∗ Corresponding author.
Introduction Approaching and offering treatment to a patient in
perinatal period might be complicated. Often, it is regarded as one
of the most difficult aspects in psychiatry. Given the increasing
trends in the number of female patients of childbearing age consul-
ting to psychiatric services, it has become an issue that specialists
of today and tomorrow need to be well aware of.
Objectives To better understand the impact of perinatal mental
health training on psychiatric trainees from different countries in
Europe who receive such training.
Methods The European Federation of Psychiatric Trainees con-
ducts annual surveys, directing questions to national trainee
representatives, to assess the situation of psychiatric training. EFPT
representatives of the countries where perinatal mental health
training was reported to be included in psychiatry and/or child
and adolescent psychiatry training programmes, namely Germany,
France, Malta, Finland and Ireland, were contacted. Qualitative
interviews focusing on the confidence (or in confidence) trainees
feel when a patient who is planning pregnancy, pregnant or breast-
feeding consults to them and the impact of training in perinatal
mental health on their attitudes as clinicians were explored.
Results Although theoretical training in perinatal mental health
is considered as an important aspect of psychiatry training in
general, practical training or rotations are not found as essential.
However, being able to benefit to more than one generation was
perceived as a source of motivation.
Conclusions Perinatal mental health is appreciated as a critical
part of theoretical education by trainees and in countries where
a clinical rotation is available, it enhances making more use of
resources and consultation possibilities.
Disclosure of interest The authors have not supplied their decla-
ration of competing interest.
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Developing a curriculum and
standards for psychiatric training in
perinatal mental health
E. McDonal
Perinatal Faculty, United Kingdom
This presentation will inform the audience about the workforce
issues in England in relation to Perinatal Psychiatry. The talk will
illustrate the methods being utilised within the Royal College of
Psychiatrists to develop the skills and competencies of clinicians.
Intensive training courses, curriculumdevelopment and an innova-
tive bursary scheme for consultant psychiatrists will be described.
Disclosure of interest The author has not supplied his declaration
of competing interest.
Workshop: Risk factors for psychosis in migrants
in Europe: Results from the EUGEI study
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Does social disadvantage explain the
higher risk of psychosis in
immigrants? results from the eugei
study in london
S.A. Stilo ∗ ayer-Anderson eards ourque
V. Mondelli azzan ariante Di Forti urray
C. Morgan