Sentences with phrase «support during the perinatal period»

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Community - based Neuroprotective Developmental Care in the Community (NDC), also known as «the Possums programs», aims to protect the rapidly developing infant brain and gut during the critical first 12 months of life, and also supports parents» mental health and psychological resilience during this vulnerable perinatal period.

Because this condition is still largely under - researched and misunderstood by practitioners who work with mothers during the perinatal period, women who experience breastfeeding problems due to insufficient glandular development also struggle to find support, both clinical and emotional, in dealing with them.

So too, studies have shown that when a new mother has adequate support and help during the perinatal period, she is less likely to suffer physical and mental health complications such as postpartum depression.

The Center offers individual adult services to support women during the perinatal and postpartum periods through outpatient behavioral health services, as well as services during infancy around sleep and regulatory difficulties.

She is involved in assessment, treatment planning, ongoing support and therapeutic interventions with women and their infants when there is a significant concern about mental illness during the perinatal period.