Keywords: post-partum psychiatric disorder, mother-baby dance, puerperal disorder, bonding, self-confidence, maternal knowledge
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This article offers a brief description of a weekly ‘Move and Play’ group, run for mothers with a puerperal disorder and their babies admitted to a mother and baby unit in a psychiatric hospital. The group is offered by an occupational therapist as part of a more comprehensive multi-disciplinary group program. Specific interventions and considerations for therapeutic practice are shared with a focus on improving parent-child bonding, and maternal wellbeing including self-esteem, parenting knowledge and mothering skills.
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