Information sheet for potential agency to meet client’ needs

Client information:

Zahra is a 28-year old married woman with a ten-month old infant son.  She has been married to her husband, Majid, for six years and describes having a loving and supportive relationship. Zahra is currently on maternity leave and Majid is employed full-time in Finance.  The couple is originally from Iran and has been in Canada for three years; they are Permanent Residents.  They have no family members in Ontario, but Zahra’s sister lives in Chicago and Majid’s family lives in Montreal.  This is the couple’s first baby.

Zahra has been coming to your Community Health Centre since her son’s birth for newborn medical care and has been attending a mother-baby group for the past three months.  She has missed the past four group sessions and today you observe that Zahra has a flat affect and is not actively engaging with her baby or the other group members, which is different than how she has presented in the past.

In talking with her, Zahra discloses experiencing the following symptoms for the past four weeks: increased difficulty concentrating and sleeping, low energy, feelings of being a bad mother, low appetite, and while she has been caring for the baby, she is lacking feelings of attachment. Zahra is ashamed of this and has not told anyone how she is feeling.  Zahra has a history of depression, which she experienced for approximately two years when she first arrived in Canada.   She was on medication for about one year but has been off this for the past four years.  She also met with a settlement counsellor at the time and found this helpful.

Identified concern: Post-partum depression

What mental health agencies would you recommend for Zahra?

 

Assignment requirement:

Each group member will prepare a written information sheet related to one (1) of the researched organizations; each group member will therefore prepare a different information sheet related to a different researched organization.

This information sheet should include the name of the organization, contact information, organization website, population served, primary services provided and organization/agency location.  The information may be summarized in your own words from the organization website, not copied– direct copying without crediting the source is considered plagiarism.

This information sheet should also discreetly include the following statement: “this information sheet has been developed as part of a student assignment and is not an official agency document”

Students will upload their information sheet onto Moodle the day of their presentation, to be shared with classmates as a future resource.

Please make 1 page information sheet for the following agency

  • Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital offers a community mental health program-prenatal mental health.  The Perinatal Mental Health Program connects families, primary care providers and community organizations supporting families within the perinatal period (preconception, prenatal, postpartum with mental health concerns, such as depression and anxiety) with the Regional Perinatal Mood Disorder Coordinator.  The program offers:
    – system navigation (referral pathways, consultation)
    -education and training on perinatal mental health issues – assessment, screening, diagnosis, treatment and recovery
    – community awareness campaigns
    – advocacy
    – linkage to community agencies/organizations whose mandate is to support women and their families
    – support for primary care providers

After baby program:  eight week program for parents suffering mood changes after the birth of a baby. Meet other new parents experiencing mood changes. Discuss relationships and difficult emotions, learn coping strategies and how to take care of yourself . Facilitated by a Mental Health professional. Child monitoring available for walking children (toddlers), parents may bring babies in arms.

Eligibility

Parents suffering from mood changes after the birth of their baby.

They also in collaborate with Early on programA program for parents suffering from mood changes after the birth of a baby. Meet other new parents experiencing mood changes. Discuss relationships and difficult emotions, learn coping strategies and how to take care of yourself. Facilitated by a Mental Health professional

 

  • Make personal connections and access a network of resources
  • Find supports
  • Get advice
  • Attend drop-in programs, storytelling, sing-alongs, games and many more activities

 

If Zahra’s condition deteriorate, the program at their mental health department provide crisis intervention services for acute psychological distress-very efficient, quick response for assessment, short term follow up Will referal to mental health community service for long term care

 

This service provides out-patient consultation and follow-up to those individuals experiencing an acute or persistent psychiatric illness. Our Psychiatrists and Counselors provide assessment, treatment and ongoing supportive counselling.

 

Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital

https://www.osmh.on.ca/mental-health/

 

after baby program:

https://infobarrie.cioc.ca/record/CWD1353?

 

In collaboration Early on program

https://www.empowersimcoe.ca/earlyon-child-family-centres/