Dr. Nakano, Associate Professor, DEI Co-Creation Promotion Strategy Office, Center for Diversity Inclusion and Co-Creation, The University of Tokyo, will be speaking at the event.
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We are pleased to announce that on Sunday, September 29, at TKP Garden City Shibuya (2-22-3 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), we will hold the "Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Symposium on Mental Health Support for Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Postpartum Period" will be held.
[Event URL https://mamamentalhealth2024.peatix.com/
As background to the project, the representative, Tsukagoshi himself, returned from maternity leave and completely collapsed after giving birth in 2019, spending his days thinking "I want to disappear," and there he finally saw a psychiatrist and found out he had postpartum depression more than a year after the birth. I could imagine that postpartum depression rose from 10% to 28% with the Corona Disaster due to isolation, but I asked myself, "Why didn't I know I had postpartum depression while on maternity leave? Couldn't they have connected me to care and support?" The question arose.
We conducted multiple surveys of 100 people to gather the opinions of both women with postpartum depression and the men who support them, and found that only 4 people actually went to the government for advice, and that they had "talked to their families and that was the end of it" and "did not know where to go for advice. The comprehensive support has been promoted for many years. Comprehensive support has been underway for years, and the postpartum care program is now moving forward as a policy and the budget is increasing. But what is still lacking? We have planned this meeting to think about this issue.
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We understand that you are busy, but we would be grateful if you could cover this issue and use the media coverage as an opportunity for more people to become aware of the issues surrounding perinatal women and for society to change.
Event Summary
Date: September 29, 2024 (Sunday)
1:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. [Consultation space open until 5:00 p.m.].
Venue: TKP Garden City Shibuya, 4th floor (Shibuya East Exit Building, 2-22-3 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
3. event name:Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Mental Health Support Symposium 2024."
keynote speech
theme"Case Studies of Efforts and Issues Raised at Shinshu University and Nagano Prefecture"
Speaker: Dr. Hiroshi Murakami, Lecturer, Department of Perinatal Mental Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine
panel discussion
themeWhat do we need to do to connect the circle of support?"
- Problems in terms of the social structure in which women are placed
- Problems in hospitals, midwifery centers, and municipal welfare settings
- What is needed for horizontal collaboration across subjects and industries
- Raising issues and policy proposals to society, etc.
Speaker: Ms. Michiyo Akayama, Midwife, Director, Tokyo Midwives Association
Dr. Enka Nakano, Associate Professor, DEI Co-Creation Promotion Strategy Office, Center for Diversity Inclusion and Co-Creation, The University of Tokyo
Event representative Nao Tsukagoshi, famitasu co-chair and social worker Nao Kana de Nao
Moderator: Yuriko Yoshino
Profile of Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Department of Perinatal Mental Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine
Lecturer Hiroshi Murakami
As a lecturer of "Perinatal Mental Health" at Shinshu University School of Medicine, he has been making efforts to promote understanding of perinatal mental health in Nagano Prefecture. In charge of "Perinatal Mental Outpatient Clinic" at Shinshu University Hospital.
＜Murakami Sensei's book is now available.
It will be released on September 25, four days before the event. You will be able to pick up a copy and view it at the event.
Goodbye, Postpartum Depression: A Family's Mental Guide to Welcoming a New Baby.
Written by Hiroshi Murakami List price: 1,760 yen (1,600 yen)
panelist
Tokyo Midwives Association, Director Michiyo Akayama
She worked at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center for 32 years. She worked hard to provide safe and comfortable births and positive birth experiences in the hospital as well as in the maternity hospital.From 2000 to 2019, she was the head of the outpatient nursing department. After retiring from JRC, she opened a midwifery center in 2020, where she is involved in newborn visits and other maternal and child health services in the community. In 2021, she opened "Tomoru," a home nursing station specializing in mothers and babies during pregnancy and postpartum period. As director, she has been involved in the care of many mothers and children. Since 2022, she has been a director of the Tokyo Midwives Association, a public interest incorporated association, and is currently a director of the General Affairs Department.
panelist
The University of Tokyo Center for Diversity Inclusion and Co-Creation DEI Co-Creation Promotion Strategy Office
Associate Professor Enka Nakano
After graduating from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Education, she joined Nikkei Inc. After receiving a master's degree from the Graduate School of Advanced and Integrated Studies at Ritsumeikan University, she became a freelance journalist in 2015 and a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo, and has been a specially-appointed researcher at the Office for Gender Equality at the University of Tokyo since 2022 and a specially-appointed assistant professor since 2011. In the past, he served as a member of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's "Future of Work 2035 Roundtable," the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's "Study Group on Diversity Management as a Competitive Strategy," and the "Study Group on Work Styles Not Based on Employment Relationships. Author of "The Dilemma of the 'Childcare Leave Generation'", "Why Are Both Workers and Full-Time Workers Tough?", "Singapore, an Educational Superpower", etc.
Moderator: Yuriko Yoshino
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1972. After graduating from Rikkyo University with a degree in Japanese Literature, she worked for a planning and production company and Hearst Fujingaho before going freelance in 2008. As an editor and writer for women's magazines, web media, books, and other media, she proposes a heart-enriching way of life and lifestyle mainly through interviews, and also focuses on verbalizing corporate brand value as a branding writer. She also lectures, casts, and consults, and is the mother of an 8-year-old girl.http://yurico.info/
Event Representative Nao Tsukagoshi
Born in 1988, after giving birth in 2019, she spent time with postpartum depression symptoms but was not connected to any medical care or support, and after returning to work, she completely collapsed and visited a psychiatrist. At that time, she finally came across the term "postpartum depression". She gave up working for a company and started her own business. In 2022, she incorporated the company and is currently developing a mental care business centered on consultation, learning, and exchange.
Event member Kana de Nao
Co-president and lecturer at famitasu. She is a social worker. Mother of one child living in Fukui Prefecture.
She experienced schizophrenia from the age of 20 and postpartum depression after giving birth. After being hospitalized and medicated by a psychiatrist, she has been active as a lecturer in communicating the importance of establishing a mental foundation. She will participate in the panel discussion as a participant.
About Us
Company name: MamaQualia Inc.
Location: 2F-C, Shibuya Dogenzaka Tokyu Building, 1-10-8 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0043, Japan
Representative: Nao Tsukagoshi, Representative Director
Establishment: 1 November 2022 URL:https://mamaqualia.com/
Business activities: Mental health care business, marketing support business
