Please join us via zoom to help us honor our new members and those who have reached milestones and for this year's presentation Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders by Katrina Mitchell, MD, IBCLC, FACS, PMH. Learn how mood and anxiety disorders are presented through breastfeeding problems.
New Full Member: Andrea Levesque
Counseling milestones:
25 year counseling milestone: Peggy Ripley
20 year counseling milestone: Audrey Kalman
10 year counseling milestone: Rotem Pearlson
Katrina B. Mitchell, MD is a board-certified general surgeon, fellowship-trained breast surgical oncologist, and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) whose practice includes the care and surgery of women with breast cancer and benign breast disease. She also treats maternal complications of lactation and has a special interest in pregnancy and postpartum breast cancer. She resides in Santa Barbara, California and practices at the Ridley Tree Cancer Center at Sansum Clinic. She enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her son at the beach. More information about her clinical and educational interests is available at katrinamitchell.org.
Breastfeeding and Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) reviews the definition and background of this mental health diagnosis, and investigates the relationship between PMADs and breastfeeding. It illustrates common clinical presentations of PMADs in breastfeeding mothers, and identifies how to support mothers who have experienced breastfeeding grief and trauma related to complications or early cessation of breastfeeding. Treatment options and resources are provided.
CEs will be available for $25 and can be paid for when registering.
