Elizabeth Fischer PhD

SO excited to share the #2025CHNCSymposium coverage from @nicupodcast.bsky.social! We are so incredibly grateful to @drdaphnamd.bsky.social and Dr. Diana Montoya Williams for coming out to chat with our attendees. Check it all out here! --> bit.ly/47JHyoya

Save the date for pre CHNC symposium workshop on mental health support in the NICU on November 9, 2025

Do you want to improve mental health support for families and care teams in the NICU?

Join our @neoconsortium.bsky.social pre-symposium workshop this fall! @efischnicupsych.bsky.social @lamiasoghier.bsky.social @nicupodcast.bsky.social @emilymillermd.bsky.social @sheilarazdan.bsky.social

PRAMS, maternal mental health, so much more. And remember, suicide is a leading cause of maternal mortality in the first year.

“It all begins with maternal and child health.” So many critical programs just being destroyed. We need track outcomes to know how and where to intervene. We need support programs for vulnerable families. This is a wrecking ball to our national health and well-being.

Parents often tell us about the stress associated with developmental follow up visits where providers can get stuck focusing on “the bad news”. I often start my time with parents asking what they think and what they are celebrating about their child.

This is what happens when you play political games with science funding. We lose knowledge and talent and research programs in progress. It harms all of us.

Nerds gummy clusters. Love.

Love your pics! Happy to catch up with you here!

Thanks for starting this conversation and highlighting this article.

Congrats!!

So sorry for your loss 🦋

This. Parent mental health a building block for long-term developmental and mental health outcomes in children. If you care about the future of kids, you need to take care of their parents now.

Lol, but also true 😂

DEAR MISS MANNERS: A couple of years ago, my wife and I attended the wedding of two people who had been friends of ours for years. One year ago, the woman left the man for another man. We heard all about it from the man but heard nothing from the woman as we live in separate towns. We received a Christmas package from the woman who made no reference to her infidelity -- an act that affected all who were friends of the pair. I felt the need to thank her for the gift and card, but I didn't feel as if I should ignore the issue of her leaving her husband. In the end, I wrote a thank-you note and told her what I thought of the situation -- not in excoriating terms but in bluntly honest ones. Was this boorish? GENTLE READER: Yes. Had you wished to register your disapproval you could have written her a dry letter of thanks; had you wished to register extreme disapproval, you could have returned the present. Miss Manners is afraid that “Thanks, slut," is not a proper communication.

my favorite Miss Manners column (from 2002) was on my fridge for years and it finally gave up the ghost. found it to print it out again, and it seemed selfish not to share.

It would be great to have more diverse ethnic representation in this perinatal mental health research starter pack! Please help by sharing and making suggestions ❤️ #academicsky #perinatalmentalhealth

*Bella (4) runs to the potty*

Me: Need help?

Bella: Nope!

Me: sure?

Bella: I’m a big kid! I eat toast now!

#BellaStory

Recognising uncertainty: an integrated framework for palliative care in perinatal medicine In perinatal medicine, the number of babies with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions is increasing and the benefits of providing palliative care with a holistic, interdisciplinary approach ar...

New publication with a BAPM working group: fn.bmj.com/content/earl...

Such an important conversation. Looking forward to reading the full paper!

Love that you are moving this discussion forward!

Annage with pictures of Bluesky users in our 99Nicu Neonatology Starter pack.

Dear NICU-professionals out in the clear blue sky! 🦋

We have been trying to summon a starter pack with users in the field of neonatology.

Please let us know if we have missed someone, or if you want to join the list! ⬅️

go.bsky.app/JzLem6W

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

🌍 We have just released a NEW global top 100 list of scientist and science communicators on Bluesky. @lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social and I map out the new emerging community: How are the research fields clustered? All likes, reshares, and love 😍 is appreciated! mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...

We left X and joined Bluesky because those against our parks said, “If you don’t like it, leave.” So we did. And now they’re saying, “No, come back so we can say mean things to you—it makes us feel important.”

Call for papers: Varieties of household experiences and children's positive social development in culturally diverse contexts A call for papers from the APA journal Developmental Psychology for a special issue exploring the multifaceted relations between caregiver practices and key child social outcomes in diverse family and cultural settings.

New! Special Issue Call at Developmental Psychology.

apa.org/pubs/journal...

The special issue will compile current evidence on the impact of specific caregiver practices on children’s social development in culturally diverse populations.

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Mental Health Support and Screening for Mood Disorders for Caregivers in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Is the Call to Arms Being Answered? Thieme E-Books & E-Journals

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Are we effectively screening mothers and fathers for mental health concerns in the NICU? Check out our paper from this summer!
#maternalmentalhealth #screening #CHNC

Would love to be included here!!

I don’t know who this is, but tbh I am feeling her vibe rn

November 17 is World Prematurity Day! It is a time to think about our tiniest warriors and the families who love them, as well as the professionals that spend their days caring for them. 🩷💙🩶

If you work in Neonatology let me know and I will add you to the Starter Pack. Let's see if we can find you all and rebuild our community over here!

If you know of someone on here leave their name in the comments or drop their username in so I can add them
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