International Society for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine

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The International Society for Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine (ISPPM; formerly: International Society for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine ) is an international specialist society based in Germany that deals with the importance of child's world of experience before, during and immediately after birth for its future psychosocial development.

story

It was founded on July 26, 1971 in Vienna on the initiative of the Swiss psychologist and psychoanalyst Gustav Hans Graber (1893–1982) as the International Study Group for Prenatal Psychology (ISPP). Based on psychoanalytically oriented models of prenatal psychology (Graber, Caruso, Kruse), the theoretical and methodological concepts were further developed by including developmental psychology (Schindler) and embryology (Blechschmidt). The psychoneuroendocrinology of pregnancy and childbirth (Fedor-Freybergh) proved to be a crucial link between psychology and medicine, which is why gynecologists , neonatologists , paediatricians and endocrinologists increasingly turned to the ISPP.

In connection with the development of primary preventive concepts, the ISPP also opened up to the application-related professional groups, especially midwives and birth preparers, social pedagogues , special educators and adult educators. This development also led to the expansion of the name, decided in 1986: International Study Group for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine (ISPPM). In 2010, the company's headquarters were relocated to Germany and transformed into a modern, internationally effective association under German law. As an expression of the increased internationality, the name was changed to the English-speaking name.

Goals and tasks of the international specialist society

The ISPPM is an interprofessional society in which psychotherapists, psychologists, doctors, midwives, sociologists, body therapists and other professional groups work together on the basis of scientific methods in research, practice and teaching.

In the ISPPM people come together who are aware of the impresiveness and vulnerability of people, especially from the time before conception to the early postnatal phase of life and early childhood. That is why the ISPPM deals with the special importance of mindful preparation for the child as well as a pregnancy and birth culture nationally and internationally, as it has developed over centuries in an intercultural, cultural-historical and scientific context. The members of the ISPPM face the challenge of bringing knowledge about the early shaping factors for human descendants into society by

  • refer to empirical knowledge and therapeutic practice-related research in prenatal psychology , birth sciences, prenatal medicine and related areas and appreciate them,
  • Help disseminate research knowledge from the fields of anthropology, biology, gynecology, obstetrics, childbirth preparation, genetics, midwifery, paediatrics, neonatology, neurobiology, education, philosophy, pre- and perinatal medicine, pre- and perinatal psychotraumatology, psychiatry and child psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, psychosomatics and other subjects,
  • promote cross-professional dialogue through working conferences, symposia and congresses and seek and maintain international exchange,
  • seek and maintain a dialogue with those professional groups who have a special responsibility in pregnancy, obstetrics and early childhood,
  • disseminate the "Charter of the Rights of the Child Before, During and After Birth"
  • have an impact on social structures, e.g. B. through public relations, development of curricula and study programs for schools, training and further education,
  • deal with national and international developments in obstetrics and take a position on them through appropriate means,
  • Maintain openness with regard to scientific, experience-oriented and cooperative interdisciplinarity,
  • encourage their international members to set up independent national organizations,
  • Carry out public relations work through conferences and publications, specialist articles, press work through press releases, interviews and reports in specialist magazines or other media.

Current focus of work

  • Pre- and perinatal psychotraumatology: Research into the effects of traumatic experiences during pregnancy, during and immediately after birth on the child's psychosocial development
  • Psychotherapy and psychosomatics: practical application of the knowledge of prenatal psychology in the therapeutic process
  • Attachment analysis : Attachment analysis is a new and incomparable method for harmonizing and deepening the relationship between the mother and her baby. It has its roots in psychoanalysis, but thanks to the new knowledge of pre- and perinatal psychology about the baby's prenatal experience, it extends far beyond that. With their help, the mental and physical development of the baby during pregnancy can be promoted to such an extent that the birth can proceed naturally and with a lower complication rate, i.e. less stressful for mother and baby. This can prevent later psychosomatic illnesses.
  • Cultural psychology: Influence of pre- and perinatal worlds of experience in a cultural psychological context
  • Baby therapy: Treatment of the consequences of traumatic pregnancy and childbirth experiences using body psychotherapeutic methods
  • Educational work in schools and for parents: Several projects deal with the dissemination of prenatal psychological knowledge in the pregnant women of tomorrow.
  • Genitification / epigenetics / ethics: The more recent findings in epigenetics confirm essential theses of prenatal psychology. At the same time, they provide an opportunity to discuss the responsible use of knowledge.
  • Methods and scientific basics: The ISPPM includes all methodological levels of scientific ways of thinking in its work.
  • Relationship-based birth culture: Implementation of the findings of prenatal psychology on maternity care and obstetrics

Gustav Graber Library

Graber has compiled a comprehensive collection of literature on topics related to prenatal psychology, which will be made available to the scientific community in the future. The location of the library has not yet been determined.

Presidents

  • 1971–1976 Gustav Hans Graber , Bern, Switzerland: Foundation of the ISPPM 1971, creation of the scientific basis for prenatal psychology
  • 1976–1983 Sepp Schindler, Salzburg, Austria
  • 1983–1992 Peter G. Fedor-Freybergh, Stockholm, Sweden: link between medicine and psychology, formation of the ISPPM into a large international specialist society
  • 1992–1995 Rudolf Klimek , Cracow, Poland
  • 1995–2005 Ludwig Janus , Heidelberg, Germany: Collection and structuring of the field of knowledge
  • 2005–2010 Rupert Linder, Birkenfeld, Germany: Combination of psychotherapeutic approaches with practical support for pregnant women
  • 2010–2016 Sven Hildebrandt, Dresden, Germany: Paradigm shift in obstetrics to a relationship-based birth culture
  • 2016– 0000Paula Diederichs, Berlin, Germany

International Educational Committee

With the International Educational Committee, an internationally effective body was created that promotes the dissemination of prenatal psychology in research and teaching. With the development of a curriculum, training and further education takes place in accordance with international standards.

Trade journal

The society published a German-English journal, the International Journal of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine, from 1991–2009 in Heidelberg's Mattes Verlag. The society has been publishing the proceedings of the annual specialist congresses since 2012.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ International Society for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine: Charter of the Rights of the Child. (pdf; 1.1 MB) In: isppm.de. June 3, 2005, accessed July 26, 2021 .
  2. ↑ Int. J. of Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology and Medicine. In: mattes.de. May 16, 2007, accessed on July 26, 2021 (English, German).