Beschreibung:
Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum earns its important place in the literature by detailing our current understanding of the course, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric illness during pregnancy and postpartum, including breast-feeding -- a top priority today because we now know that active maternal psychiatric illness during pregnancy and postpartum can exert long-term negative effects on child development and cause significant morbidity for the mother.
ContributorsIntroduction to the Review of Psychiatry SeriesPrefaceChapter 1. Course of psychiatric illness during pregnancy and the postpartum periodChapter 2. Diagnosis and treatment of mood and anxiety disorders during pregnancyChapter 3. Management of bipolar disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period: weighing the risks and benefitsChapter 4. Postpartum mood disordersChapter 5. Use of antidepressants and mood stabilizers in breast-feeding womenIndex