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Lynsey McAlpine
@drlynseymcalpine.bsky.social
Perinatal psychiatrist | half of @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social | #maternalmentalhealth #womenshealth #meded #patientsafety | here for perinatal chat, book recommendations and cat pics 🏳️‍🌈
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Join our event to talk about how nature-based interventions can support families with young children! This event is for parents/caregivers, researchers and practitioners to come together and share ideas. Register at the link below 👇 Tues 13 May in Sheffield.
March 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New episode just dropped!

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It was an absolute delight to speak to Sakina for this episode about peer support and lived exp leadership in perinatal mental health.

Available on the link below and all of the major podcast platforms!

#livedexperience #maternalmentalhealth @mmhalliance.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Don't forget to tune in to our free webinar tomorrow for midwives and nurses!

If you can't attend, make sure you register anyway to receive the recording and all other materials.

Find out more here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/midwives-2in3-webinar-tickets-1223353405969?aff=oddtdtcreator
Midwives 2in3 Webinar
Join us for a informative webinar on Staying Well in Maternity: A Radical Act with Obstetrician Florence Wilcock and Midwife Kate Greenstock
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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The Maternal Mental Health Alliance is a network of over 130 member organisations working together to improve perinatal mental health care in the UK. Meet our members on Bluesky: go.bsky.app/NFDGT3P

More of our members are joining the app every day, so we expect this starter pack to keep growing.
February 17, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Trip to the cinema today to see M: Son of the Century, the new eight-part series dramatising Mussolini and the rise of Italian fascism
January 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It’s the RCPsych perinatal trainees conference today, and I’m speaking about ADHD in the perinatal period!

#rcpsychperi #maternalmentalhealth
January 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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I’m incredibly pleased to share the LGBTQ+ parents and carers digital zine. To reduce feelings of loneliness and isolation, we asked people to share their thoughts and experiences of being LGBTQ+ and a parent to make an online creative resource. The result is beautiful! heyzine.com/flip-book/d0...
LGBTQ+ Parents and Carers Zine | PDF to Flipbook
Created with the Heyzine flipbook maker
heyzine.com
January 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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A couple of new additions since i last shared this

go.bsky.app/KKeTmNP
January 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
New books for the RCPsych library from the perinatal faculty - essential reading for any aspiring perinatal psychiatrist!

If you’re a member and you’d like to borrow a book, get in touch at infoservices@rcpsych.ac.uk and they will post it to you for free

#maternalmentalhealth
#rcpsychperi
January 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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📢 Calling all UK #Midwives!
Please complete my quick anonymous survey on midwives’ knowledge, attitudes, and confidence in caring for autistic clients during the perinatal period.
✨ Your input can help shape future care practices + training! 🤰🏾
🔗 Survey: tinyurl.com/yc79yscc
🕑 Takes only 10 minutes
December 11, 2024 at 6:41 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed chatting to @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social about the complicated relationship between infant feeding and maternal mental health - it comes up in our clinical practice all the time!

For more info and resources, check out @bfn-uk.bsky.social and @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social
Check out our latest episode on infant feeding and maternal mental health! Available on our website and all of the usual podcast platforms
January 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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literature in translation should be the biggest section of any bookstore tbh
December 29, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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So happy to see The Parent Gap website go live!!! 😍
Really proud to have contributed to this important new resource for employers interested in better supporting the mental health of new & expectant parents from @mmhalliance.bsky.social & PANDAS Foundation.
Check it out:
theparentgap.co.uk
December 17, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Interested in #perinatalmentalhealth research? Here’s a starter pack of #maternalmentalhealth accounts to follow!

go.bsky.app/9oEsdih
December 13, 2024 at 2:28 PM
We’ve just finalised the programme for our RCPsych trainees #perinatalmentalhealth conference on 22nd January in London.

Featuring talks from wonderful speakers inc @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social and @actiononpp.bsky.social ambassador and author Catherine Cho.

Full programme and booking info below 🔗
December 13, 2024 at 1:12 PM
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I’m looking for academic researchers who research mental health and also (like me) have lived experience of mental ill health! Please share and get in touch if that’s you ❤️#academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social @mhrincubator.bsky.social @nihrspcr.bsky.social
December 2, 2024 at 7:22 PM
If you’d like to hear more about sleep in the perinatal period, Chiara recently made a guest appearance on our podcast @beyondbabyblues.bsky.social @dr-chrissy-jay.bsky.social

www.buzzsprout.com/2290576/epis...
November 25, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Our next talk, from obstetrician Dr Chiara Petrosellini, focuses on sleep in the perinatal period.

There are implications for maternal mental health: a recent #MBRRACE report identified a link between sleep disturbance and maternal suicide

#RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
November 25, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Next up, a session on perinatal OCD.

Dr Himanshu Tyagi (medical psychotherapist and neuropsychiatrist) starts us off with an overview of the history and the neuropsychiatry of OCD

#RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
November 25, 2024 at 2:51 PM
Now we’re hearing trainee presentations for the Daksha Emson research prize…

#RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
November 25, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Next, Prof Sundari Anitha talks about domestic abuse at the intersection of gender and migration. She urges us to look beyond the “vulnerability” lens to consider structural factors - including precarity in migrant populations.

#RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
November 25, 2024 at 11:04 AM
RCPsych perinatal faculty conference 2024!

We have started the day with an update on bipolar medication and management in the perinatal period from @marisacdias.bsky.social

#RCPsychPeri #PeriConf2024 #Psychsky #maternalmentalhealth
November 25, 2024 at 10:45 AM