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Supporting Families Through Infant Loss

This library guide is a companion guide to the AHEC conference that will address the important topic of infant loss after 20 weeks of gestation. We will approach this issue with a focus on racial and ethnic health disparities and will cover strategies of

The Other Postpartum: Psychiatric Sequelae following Newborn/Infant Loss (9:15 AM)

Julia Riddle, MD
Assistant Professor
UNC School of Medicine Psychiatry

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Research Study Opportunity: Other Postpartum

- Understand the psychological experience of women following stillbirth/neonatal loss

- Follow for 12 months including assessment with team, self-assessments, and wearing Oura ring to look at sleep/heart rate variability
- Can be done exclusively virtually
- Inclusion:
◦ Loss from 16 weeks gestation to 28-days of life (while in NICU), ages 18-45
◦ Loss in last 90 days when entering study
- Exclusion:
◦ Primary psychotic illness, manias, active suicidal thoughts
◦ No suicide attempts or active PTSD in the 18 months prior to loss
◦ Active substance use disorder
- Enrollment starts September 1st, 2024
Please contact UNC's study team if you would be interested in participating.
Phone: (919) 843-0115