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Shared decision making

Shared decision making between healthcare professionals and women.​

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Shared decision making

Shared decision making between women and health professionals may be a facilitator to perinatal mental health care.

 

"Women with postpartum psychosis discussed the need for greater consultation and negotiation in antipsychotic prescription…​

… it would have been good I think to have been listened to about the side effects…It’s just they’re managing your risk.., maybe that’s what they’ve got to do clinically, but I wanted a bit more of a human face of it really."​

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Evidence level: ​Low

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​Parts of the care pathway affected: Referral, Access to treatment, Provision of optimal treatment, Women’s experience of treatment​.

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Key literature: ​

Megnin-Viggars O, et al. 2015

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Resources 

NHS England provides guidance on shared decision making.​

Recommendations 

We recommend health professionals participate in continuing professional development activities related to perinatal mental health including participating in high quality training.

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To ensure there are opportunities for health professionals and women to form trusting relationships, we recommend continuity of carer across the care pathway​.

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