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Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022
12:00pm-1:00pm: Presentation including Q&A
1:00pm-1:30pm: Networking
(1 CE Credit Offered)

Location: Morton's Steakhouse, 1641 W Sunflower Ave, Santa Ana, VA 92704

Course Overview:

Join us for an interactive discussion led by Valerie M. Kading, DNP, MBA, MSN, PMHNP-BC, CEO of Sierra Tucson, as we discuss Maternal mental health issues that are often unrecognized and not addressed by clinicians. Maternal mental health impacts not only the mother but also her baby and family. Perinatal mood disorders are often underdiagnosed and under recognized. Up to 20% of women suffer from postpartum depression, yet, health care provider knowledge is limited on how to address this serious condition. The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to an increasingly challenging postpartum period for mothers. Health care providers are in an optimal position to screen, evaluate, refer, and treat maternal mental health issues. An integrative treatment approach, ranging from various evidence based modalities, has been instrumental in optimizing maternal mental health.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe the symptoms of postpartum depression and differentiate between postpartum anxiety and postpartum psychosis.
2. Describe 2 evidence-based interventions for postpartum depression.
3. Describe how to screen for postpartum depression.

About Our Speaker:
Dr. Valerie Kading is the CEO of Sierra Tucson, where she provides the strategic vision to ensure that the facility’s patients and their families receive the most innovative, compassionate, and leading medical and psychiatric treatment for trauma, addiction, and other mental health conditions from a world-class staff of clinicians and behavioral health professionals. Dr. Kading joined Sierra Tucson in 2015, where she rose to become chief medical operations officer, then interim chief medical officer, chief operations officer, and ultimately Group Chief Executive Officer for the entire 258-bed Sierra Tucson Group – Sierra Tucson in Arizona, along with Sierra Southlake in Southlake, Texas and Sierra Scottsdale in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Dr. Kading brings to Sierra Tucson a special interest in women’s mental health including perinatal mood disorders, maternal well-being, and postpartum depression. In addition, she has deep expertise in addressing the trauma of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) that can lead to substance use and other issues in adulthood. Dr. Kading graduated with honors from the University of Arizona with a master’s degree in nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Dr. Kading also received her Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Arizona. In 2006, she founded and served as president of the Southern Arizona Advanced Practice Nurse – Nurse Practitioner Society.