The use of antidepressant medications during pregnancy has stimulated much professional and public debate. As a consequence, considerable data on the reproductive safety of antidepressants has been generated that exceeds…
Depression, anxiety, or both, during pregnancy are common complications during the perinatal period, with 15–20% of women experiencing depression at some point during their pregnancy. Considerable evidence suggests that untreated…
The perinatal period provides an important window into a woman’s long-term health. Perinatal mental illness is a common condition conferring potential serious long-term psychiatric and medical consequences for the mother…
Perinatal depression is prevalent, under-diagnosed and can have serious long-term effects on the wellbeing of women, their partners and infants. In the absence of active identification strategies, most women with…
Introduction The physical care of pregnant women in the developed world has hugely improved over the past 100 years; however, the same has not been true of their emotional care….
Perinatal mental illness is a significant complication of pregnancy and the postpartum period. These disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, and postpartum psychosis, which usually manifests as bipolar disorder. Perinatal depression…
1. a) F b) F c) F d) T e) F CAM treatment use among US adults is common. About 40% of US adults use at least one CAM treatment…
1. Which of the following is/are true about chorionicity in twin pregnancies? a) It can be reliably determined in the first trimester of pregnancy. b) It can be reliably determined…
The incidence of twin pregnancy has increased worldwide over the past 10 years, largely as a consequence of the assisted reproductive technologies. Issues such as intrapartum monitoring and operative interventions,…
Poor growth is a common problem in twin pregnancies, and management poses some unique challenges as the wellbeing of both twins have to be taken into account at all times….
