Focus on Women's Mental Health

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May 24, 2017

Your patient who has been taking antipsychotics successfully has become pregnant. How do you approach her treatment now? Read this review for the latest evidence on the benefits and...
Sarah Tosato, Umberto Albert, Simona Tomassi, et al
JCP
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May 24, 2017

Read a study highlighting the treatment of serious psychiatric illness with psychotropic medications in women.
Marlene P. Freeman
JCP
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May 24, 2017

When treating a pregnant woman with SRIs, one area of concern relates to discontinuation symptoms that may occur in the infant. This study explored whether prematurity, SRI exposure, or...
Amy Yang, Jody D. Ciolino, Emily Pinheiro, et al
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May 24, 2017

Consistent evidence has correlated postpartum psychosis with later conversion to bipolar disorder; could episodes of nonpsychotic affective disorders following childbirth also be markers of underlying bipolar disorder? Read this...
Xiaoqin Liu, Esben Agerbo, Jiong Li, et al
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March 14, 2017

Both estrogen and exercise may have cognition-enhancing benefits, but the effect of estrogen deficiency on young oligomenorrheic/amenorrheic athletes has not been evaluated. Read the article to see if this...
Charumathi Baskaran, Brooke Cunningham, Franziska Plessow, et al
JCP
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November 23, 2016

The author of this commentary served as an expert witness in the trial of Lisette Bamenga, a woman who killed her 2 young children but who had, until then,...
Margaret G. Spinelli
JCP
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November 23, 2016

Does a relationship exist between mothers with postnatal depression and cognitive outcomes of their children? This meta-analysis article explores whether postnatal depression is a risk factor for a child's...
Guoyuan Sui, Bochen Pan, Guangcong Liu, et al
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November 23, 2016

Read this article discussing the needs of socioeconomically disadvantaged women with antenatal (prenatal ) depression.
Marlene P. Freeman
JCP
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July 22, 2015

Read an article explaining perinatal psychiatry and the considerations to psychiatric illness during pregnancy and the postpartum.
Marlene P. Freeman
JCP
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July 22, 2015

Mary F. F. Chong, Yi-Lin Ong, Philip C. Calder, et al
JCP
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July 22, 2015

Read the full article on whether children prenatally exposed to SRI antidepressants were found to be neurotoxic.
Irena Nulman, Gideon Koren, Joanne Rovet, et al
JCP
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July 22, 2015

Marlene P. Freeman

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