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🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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May is Maternal Mental Health Month, and although we tend to hear a lot about postpartum depression, as our guest today has pointed out, perinatal distress is really a spectrum of reactions. Childbirth and new parenthood are major life transitions that involve many physical, psychological, and practical changes. These changes may interfere a little or a lot in a mother’s ability to function optimally and, in turn, affect her relationship with the child and the child’s development. Today’s global crises, including climate change, the pandemic, and war, can add an additional layer of stress so normalizing the experience is more important than ever.

Our guest is public health expert Jennifer Barkin, Ph.D., M.S., a Professor and Vice Chair of Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Mercer University School of Medicine in Georgia. A biostatistician and psychiatric epidemiologist, Dr. Barkin was formerly an analyst at the University of Pittsburgh’s Epidemiology Data Center, where she designed the Barkin Index of Maternal Functioning (BIMF), the first patient-centered wellness assessment tool focusing on mothers’ daily lives during the first year after giving birth. She is a peer reviewer for journals including Archives of Women’s Mental Health and serves on the Board of Directors for Postpartum Support International, Georgia Chapter.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Mad in America podcast, your source for science, psychiatry and social justice.
0:13.7	Hi, this is James and welcome to the podcast. And this week, our Family Resources Editor, Miranda
0:19.7	Spencer, will be interviewing public health expert Jennifer Barkin.
0:24.1	Before I hand over to Miranda, I wanted to tell you about an exciting upcoming online conference
0:29.0	that may be of interest.
0:30.7	From August to 24th to the 27th, 2022, the JAEC Foundation and the University of Almeria are sponsoring the 26th International Network
0:41.4	Meeting for the Treatment of Psychosis.
0:44.3	The Congress will consider the story of open dialogue and aims to share knowledge and experience
0:48.8	from different settings, cultures and contexts.
0:52.3	Across the three days, there will be guest speakers, practical workshops,
0:56.0	discussion sessions and much more. International speakers include Yako Secular, Olga Runciman, Robert
1:02.4	Whitaker, Daniel Fisher, Kermit Cole, Rafael Pocobello, Alexander Smith, Russell Razak,
1:09.2	Christine Nyquist and many more.
1:11.6	Registration is now open and early birds can register for 100 euros.
1:16.7	To find out more and to register, visit this web address.
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1:23.0	forward slash OD Congress.
1:26.0	Once again, that's BIT.L.L.Y. forward slash OD Congress. Once again, that's bit.l.L.Y. forward slash OD Congress. And you can find that
1:32.9	link also in the podcast show notes. Okay, and now on to our interview. Welcome to Matt and the
1:40.1	family. I'm Miranda Spencer, Family Resources Editor. May is maternal mental health month,
1:47.0	and although we tend to hear a lot about postpartum depression, as our guest today has pointed
1:51.7	out, perinatal distress is really a spectrum of reactions. Childbirth and new parenthood are major
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