Who should attend?
Psychiatrists, obstetricians, general practitioners, mental health professionals, and any healthcare providers involved in perinatal care.

What you'll learn:

• Deepen your knowledge of lithium’s role in pregnancy and postpartum care
• Understand pharmacological changes during pregnancy and how they impact lithium metabolism
• Gain practical strategies for patient monitoring, dose adjustments, and risk management
• Engage in interactive discussions with experts and peers

MODULE 1: Understanding Lithium use in perinatal psychiatry

✔ History of Lithium: Its role in psychiatry over the decades
✔ Key indications: Why lithium remains a critical treatment for bipolar disorder and severe mood disorders
✔ Perinatal benefits: How lithium prevents mood and psychotic relapses during pregnancy and postpartum
✔ Pharmacology & mechanism of action – Understanding how lithium works in the brain
✔ Live group discussion & Q&A

MODULE 2: Challenges of Lithium use during pregnancy & postpartum

✔ Risks for mother & baby: Teratogenic effects, neonatal complications, and other concerns
✔ Lithium & pregnancy: Changes in absorption, metabolism, and excretion and their clinical implications
✔ Key physiological Considerations:

• Thyroid function & Lithium
• Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
• Managing severe nausea & vomiting in the first trimester
• Breastfeeding & Lithium: Evaluating risks & making informed choicesFluid & hormonal shifts at birth
• Live group discussion & Q&A

MODULE 3: Clinical Management & Best Practices

✔ Shared Decision-Making: Risk-benefit counseling & patient autonomy
✔ Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Working with obstetricians, midwives, and mental health teams
✔ Monitoring & Treatment Strategies:

• Baseline blood tests & ECG before initiation
• Dose adjustments during pregnancy & postpartum
• Monitoring thyroid, renal function, and mental health
• Live Group Discussion & Q&A