Dr. Diana Lynn Barnes Psy.D. LMFT

9/4/24 - I’m excited to present at a pre-conference workshop on “From Exploring the Role of the Perinatal Expert in Filicide Cases to Education, Advocacy, and Reform for Perinatal Mental Illness.” with colleagues Dr. Susan Benjamin Feingold and Dr. Nirmaljit Dhami at the biennial meeting of the international Marce Society in Barcelona.

Marcé Society Conference 2024

May 3 I will be presenting on Altruistic Filicide: A Trauma-Informed Perspective at the 2024 Yale University’s annual Womens Mental Health Conference.

This session will be available via the Whova app.

I am pleased to be presenting on Saturday March 9 at the biennial conference of the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology with my esteemed International Marce Society colleagues, Nirmaljit Dhami, Claudia Klier, Brooke Laufer and Katherine Wisner - When Maternal Mental Illness Becomes Criminal.

Happy to announce that I am co-editor of a topical collection on Women's Reproductive Mental Health Forensics and would like to extend the invitation to submit a research paper on this topic.

https://www.springer.com/journal/737/updates/23777148

The Archives of Women's Mental Health is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on maternal mental health.

Archives of Women's Mental Health The field of perinatal mental health has gained a prominent place not only in the clinical world but in the justice system where criminal cases of infanticide and filicide are decided. Those in the legal system (judges, attorneys) are recognizing a diagnostic link between infanticide and perinatal m...

Thank you Alessandra Bramante for inviting me to speak at your conference in Milan Italy on October 8. Understanding the Unperceived Pregnancy.

I am excited to be presenting at the International Marcé Society conference in London. I will be presenting on 9/19 on “postpartum psychosis and the courts: It’s not always about infanticide.”
On 9/21, I will be presenting along with my esteemed colleagues Claudia Klier and Oguz Omay with co-chairs Jane Fisher and Alain Gregoire on “Unperceived or denied? Developing a lexicon to better understand pregnancy denial and neonaticide."

7/15-17; I'm so excited to be presenting on Pregnancy Denial as a Dissociative Disorder: A Call for Inclusion in the DSM and Co-presenting with Brooke Lauferat on Postpartum Psychosis: Changing the Narrative in the Courtroom at the Annual PSI Conference in New Orleans:

Annual PSI Conference | Postpartum Support International (PSI) The 2020 PSI Conference is a Online Virtual Conference from July 8-12, 2020.

To Register: https://www.wmhconference.org/2022

I will be presenting this morning on the Myth of Maternal Bliss: Understanding Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders.

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Nursing Convention 2022 | 3rd Global Virtual Conference On Nursing Education Nursing Convention 2022 expects more than 100 elite speakers from all over the world. Join us virtually to connect with your peers.

I hope you'll register: https://whova.com/portal/registration/wmhc_202205/

I have been invited to present at the Biennial Meeting of
NASPOG, (North American Society of psychosocial obstetrics and gynecology), at the University of Michigan. Presenting on A new understanding of pregnancy denial: the misunderstood dissociative disorder.

I will be hosting a networking session on criminal justice and MMH at the upcoming 2022 virtual 2020 Mom Maternal Mental Health FORUM this Wednesday March 23, from 2:10-3:00pm PST

Register today, using the discount code SPEAKERCOLLEAGUE, and receive 20% off the registration rate.

Looking forward to "seeing you" there!

I'm thrilled to share with you the publication of my paper, Towards a new understanding of pregnancy denial: the misunderstood dissociative disorder, just accepted by The Archives of Women's Mental Health.

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Towards a new understanding of pregnancy denial: the misunderstood dissociative disorder

Presenting on "Pregnancy Denial: Is it a Dissociative Disorder?" this Saturday, July 10th and "Pearls of Wisdom and the Perinatal Expert Witness in Praxis" w/ attorney George Parnham & psychologist Gina Wong on Sunday, July 11th at the Annual PSI Conference.

Register to attend here: https://psi.societyconference.com/v2/

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Link to my book "Women's Reproductive Mental Health Across the Lifespan" with http://www.springer.com/978-3-319-05115-4 via

Happy International Women's Day!

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I’m excited to be presenting today with Dr. Margaret Spinelli on training the expert witness at the The International Marcé Society Meeting.

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Today is one of the saddest days of my life. Early this morning my beloved Jerry, my partner in life, my love, my best friend was taken much too soon by the Covid virus complicated by early onset Alzheimer's. He was the kindest, most caring and loving man I've known with a quiet strength. Jerry, my love, the memories of our love are etched in my heart and soul forever.

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I am excited to share that I will be discussing Postpartum Psychosis, as a guest on KQED Forum with host Mina Kim; Friday morning at 10am PST. Hope you will tune in!