[Mama Quaria Co., Ltd.]
[Additional speakers decided] “Pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum mental health support symposium” will be held in Shibuya on Sunday, September 29th. We will invite people from the medical, research, and welfare fields as guests to kick off policy proposals.
*Mama Quaria Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 5, 2024
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[Additional speakers decided] “Pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum mental health support symposium” will be held in Shibuya on Sunday, September 29th. We will invite people from the medical, research, and welfare fields as guests to kick off policy proposals.
*The University of Tokyo Center for Diversity and Inclusion
Co-Creation, DEI Co-Creation Promotion Strategy Office Associate Professor Professor Nakano, will be on stage*
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This time, on Sunday, September 29th, at TKP Garden City Shibuya (2-22-3 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo), we will create an environment that makes perinatal mental health care support more accessible and promote collaboration in support talks. Aiming to achieve this goal, we will hold a “Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Postpartum Mental Health Support Symposium” with invited guests as a kick-off event to implement policy recommendations.
[Event URL] https://mamamentalhealth2024.peatix.com/
The background of the project is that after giving birth in 2019, Tsukagoshi, the representative, returned from childcare leave and completely collapsed after giving birth, spending days wishing she wanted to disappear.Therefore, she finally went to see a psychiatrist, and more than a year after giving birth, she started experiencing postpartum symptoms. I found out that I was depressed. I could imagine that the rise in postpartum depression from 10% to 28% during the coronavirus pandemic was due to isolation, but I wondered, “Why didn’t they realize that they had postpartum depression while they were on childcare leave? Couldn’t they have accessed care and support?” A question arose.
Therefore, when we conducted multiple surveys of around 100 people and collected the voices of both women suffering from postpartum depression and the men who support them, we found that only 4 people actually went to the government for consultation. I have come to understand the reality that “people end up talking to their families” and “I don’t know where to turn for advice”.
Comprehensive support has been underway for many years, and postpartum care projects have started to become a policy and budgets are increasing. What is still missing? I planned this to think about that. Only 4 out of 100 people consulted the government.
Some say that the postpartum care business is also difficult to use. (Other specific graphs and free answer comments are posted on the event page above.)
I know you are busy, but I would appreciate it if you could cover this matter and use the power of reporting to make more people aware of the issues surrounding perinatal women and serve as an opportunity to change society.
* Event summary *
1. Date and time: Sunday, September 29, 2024
13:00 to 15:30 [Consultation space is open until 17:00]
2. Venue: TKP Garden City Shibuya 4th floor (Shibuya Higashiguchi 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 and problem-raising at Shinshu University and Nagano Prefecture”*
Speaker: Shinshu University School of Medicine, Perinatal Mental Medicine Lecturer, Dr. Hiroshi Murakami
■Panel discussion: Theme* “What is necessary to connect the circle of support?” *
– Problems in terms of the social structure that women are placed in – Issues faced by hospitals, midwifery clinics, and local
government welfare facilities, as well as what is necessary for cross-industry collaboration, raising issues for society, summarizing policy recommendations, etc.
Speaker: Michiyo Akayama, Director/Midwife, Tokyo Midwives Association University of Tokyo Diversity Inclusion Co-Creation Center DEI Co-Creation Promotion Strategy Office Associate Professor Madoka Nakano
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Moderator Yuriko Yoshino
* Speaker profile *
*Keynote Lecturer: Shinshu University School of Medicine, Department of Perinatal Mental Medicine, Lecturer: Hiroshi Murakami*
As a lecturer in the citizen-funded “Perinatal Mental Medicine Course” at Shinshu University School of Medicine, he is working to promote understanding of perinatal mental health in Nagano Prefecture. Responsible for “perinatal mental outpatient care” at Shinshu University Hospital.
* -Mr. Murakami’s book will be released-*
Released on September 25th, 4 days before the event. You will be able to pick it up and view it at the venue.
“Goodbye, postpartum depression: The feelings of a family welcoming a new baby.” Written by Hiroshi Murakami List price: 1,760 yen (1,600 yen) Click here for the publisher site * Panelist Michiyo Akayama, Director, Tokyo Midwives Association * Worked at the Japanese Red Cross Medical Center for 32 years. At the hospital, she worked hard to create a safe, comfortable birth and a positive birth experience for expectant mothers. Chief outpatient nurse from 2000 to 2019.
After retiring from the Japan Red Cross, she opened a midwifery clinic in 2020 and was involved in maternal and child health services in the community, including visiting newborns.
In 2021, we will open a visiting nursing station “Tomoru” specializing in mothers and babies during pregnancy and postpartum. As director, he has been involved in the care of many mothers and children, up to the present day.
From 2022, serves as general affairs director of the Tokyo Midwives Association, a public interest incorporated association (current position)
* Panelist: Associate Professor Enka Nakano, DEI Co-Creation Promotion Strategy Office, Center for Diversity and Inclusion Co-Creation, University of Tokyo*
After graduating from the Faculty of Education, University of Tokyo, joined Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Earned a master’s degree from Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Advanced Studies, worked as a freelance journalist in 2015, completed doctoral course at the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Education, and became a project researcher at the University of Tokyo’s Gender Equality Office in 2022, and a project assistant professor in 2023. . Current position since June 2014. In the past, he served as a member of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s “Future of Work Style 2035 Council”, 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.” Her books include “The Dilemma of the Childcare Leave Generation,” “Why It’s Difficult to Both Work and Full-Time,” and “Singapore, the Educational Superpower.”
*Moderator Yuriko Yoshino*
Born in Saitama Prefecture in 1972. After graduating from the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Letters, Rikkyo University, worked at a planning and production company, Hearst Fujingahosha, etc., before becoming freelance in 2008. As an editor and writer for women’s magazines, web media, and books, she mainly proposes ways to live and live a fulfilling life through interviews, and as a branding writer, she also focuses on verbalizing corporate brand value. He also provides lectures, casting, and consulting. Mother of an 8 year old girl.
http://yurico.info/
*Event representative Nao Tsukagoe*
Born in 1988. After giving birth in 2019, she suffered from postpartum depression symptoms but was unable to access medical care or support, and after returning to work, she completely collapsed and visited a psychiatrist. At that time, I finally came across the term “postpartum depression.” Company employees give up and become independent. As I started sending messages on an individual basis and listened to mothers’ stories for free, I realized the importance of mental care and the lack of systems in place. It became a corporation in 2022 and currently operates a mental care business centered on consultation, learning, and interaction.
*Event member Nao Kanade*
Co-founder and lecturer at famitasu. Social worker. Mother of one child living in Fukui Prefecture.
She has suffered from schizophrenia since the age of 20, experienced postpartum depression after giving birth, and has been hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital and treated with medication.As a lecturer, she has been promoting the importance of establishing a strong mental foundation. This time, I participated in a panel discussion as a party.
【Company Profile】
Company name: Mama Quaria Co., Ltd.
Address: 2F-C, Shibuya Dogenzaka Tokyu Building, 1-10-8 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0043
Representative: Representative Director Nao Tsukagoshi
Established: November 1, 2022 URL: https://mamaqualia.com/
Business content: Mental health care business, marketing support business