title: Reflections on Aboriginal perinatal mental health, mothers, babies, families and community: A South Australian trainee's experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This paper explores novel training opportunities that the Expanded Setting Training Program (ESTP) provides for advanced psychiatry trainees. It is a reflection of a trainee's learning experiences during a year-long posting in Aboriginal Perinatal Mental Health, working alongside the Aboriginal Family Birthing Program, coupled with reflection and supervision.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ESTP provided a fertile area to hone an advanced trainee's skills in the niche areas of Aboriginal mental health, perinatal mental health, culture and psychiatry. In addition, it provided skills in the area of leadership, health advocacy and the establishment and maintenance of successful programs in disadvantaged, culturally and linguistically diverse communities. The ESTP Aboriginal Mental Health rotation provides a unique experience for training, and the learning opportunities are limited only by the creativity of the trainee and supervisor.
authors.affiliation: Consultant Psychiatrist, Country Health SA, Rural and Remote Mental Health Service, Parkside, Fullarton, SA, and; Clinical Senior Lecturer, The University of Adelaide, Division of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Adelaide, SA, Australia aparna.laddipeerla2@health.sa.gov.au.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laddipeerla
authors.affiliation: Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Rural and Remote Mental Health Service, Fullarton, SA, and; Director of Training, Rural and Remote Mental Health Network Country Health, Fullarton, and; Director of Clinical Training, Mental Health Directorate, Central Adelaide Health Network, The Adelaide Pre-vocational Psychiatry Program (TAPPP), Adelaide, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.affiliation: Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, Rural and Remote Mental Health Service, Fullarton, SA, Australia.
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lattanzio
mesh_terms: D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D005008:Ethnopsychology / Q000193:education*; D005192:Family Health / Q000193:education; D005260:Female; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health / Q000193:education*; D018743:Perinatal Care / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D011247:Pregnancy; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D013021:South Australia
keywords: Aboriginal; ESTP; South Australia; birthing team; cultural psychiatry; perinatal