MOM-IN: Inpatient Treatment for Postpartum Depression and Psychosis
Severe depression or psychosis after childbirth can have major consequences for the mother, child, and family, and may require admission to mental health services. There is limited Norwegian knowledge about mothers’ and partners’ experiences of such treatment, and about how hospitalisation affects the relationship between mother, child, and partner.
In this study, we investigate how women and their partners experience severe depression or psychosis after childbirth, and inpatient treatment in mental health services. Such disorders and any subsequent hospital admission can have significant consequences for the mother, child, and family.
Through qualitative interviews, we explore what women and their partners experience as helpful or challenging in their encounters with healthcare services. We focus particularly on how hospitalisation affects contact between mother and child, the couple’s relationship, and everyday family life, as well as how families experience the accessibility of services and the degree of family involvement in treatment.
The study will provide new knowledge about the experiences of women and families who need specialised mental healthcare after childbirth.
PhD candidate: Malin O. Johansen
Project manager and principal supervisor: Nina Mørkved
Co-supervisors and collaborators: Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang, Geir Fagerjord Lorem, Hanne G. Wenzel, and Silja Berg Kårstad
Collaborating institutions: University Hospital of North Norway/Helgeland Hospital, St. Olavs Hospital, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, NTNU, and the Norwegian Association 1001 Days
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The study is funded by Helse Nord.