Post Partum Mood Disorders In Focus: A Forum for Knowledge, Discussion and Action

November 02, 2007
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Holiday Inn Select, 30 Peel Centre Drive, Brampton
Registration/continental breakfast at 7:30 am

Registration: $30 includes lunch, refreshments and materials. Download event flyer (PDF).

Are you working with mothers and young families? Do you have an interest in learning more about PMD and helping to shape a comprehensive service response for women and families in Peel? Please join us on November 2 as we:

Learn about the latest research and best practices around support and treatment for women with post partum mood disorders, an illness that affects 1 in 5 women.

Hear from speakers about their life experiences with PMD, including a Dad’s perspective.

Find out how PMD affects women and families from diverse communities.

Discuss how we can work together to improve services within our community.

Network and make a positive difference!

Featured Speakers:

Amy Sky
Successful Singer/Songwriter and PMD survivor
Named 2006 Courage to Come Back Award recipient by the CAMH Foundation

Dr. Cindy-Lee Dennis
Leading researcher in the area of Postpartum Mood Disorders
Co-author of CAMH's Postpartum Depression: A Guide for Front-Line Health and Social Service Providers
by Lori E. Ross, Cindy-Lee Dennis, Emma Robertson Blackmore and Donna E. Stewart.

Grazyna Mancewicz
Social Worker, St. Joseph’s Women’s Health Centre

Presented by: The Peel Post Partum Mood Disorder Committee in partnership with CAPC

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Credit Valley Hospital
Distress Centre Peel
Mississauga Parent Child Resource Centre
Peel Children's Centre
Peel Infant Development
Region of Peel, Public Health
Success by 6 Peel
Vita Centre for pregnant and parenting youth

For more information please contact:

Email: Monica.Irwin@peelregion.ca

Updated August 16, 2007