1. What percentage of US adults use complementary and alternative medicine therapies (CAM) treatments each year? a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 40% e) 50% 2. Which of the…
1. a) F b) F c) T d) T e) F A pregnant woman lying flat on her back will have a lower cardiac output, as the gravid uterus compressing…
The position statement aims to articulate the arguments for and against universal psychosocial assessment and depression screening, and provide guidance to assist decision-making by clinicians, policy makers and health services….
Women who lose desired pregnancies by miscarriage, stillbirth, or genetic termination are at risk of suffering from grief, anxiety, guilt and self-blame that may even present in subsequent pregnancies. It…
Insufficient sleep is common in the general population, and can result from environmental and psychosocial factors, medical and psychiatric disorders, and sleep disorders, such as insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, sleep…
In this chapter, we briefly describe several modes of parent–infant-psychotherapy, an efficient way of treating parent–infant relationship disorders. We then focus on treatment for postnatally depressed mothers. Perinatal depression defines…
Infants of parents with psychiatric disorders may be particularly vulnerable and have a higher risk of developing psychiatric disorders in adulthood. Until the second half of the 20th century, women…
Psychological interventions delivered by non-specialist health workers are effective for the treatment of perinatal depression in low- and middle-income countries. In this systematic review, we describe the content and delivery…
Epidemiological investigations and meta-analyses of predictive studies have consistently demonstrated the importance of psychosocial variables as postpartum depression risk factors. To address this, several psychosocial treatment strategies have been evaluated…
Complementary and alternative medicine therapies are increasingly sought out by people with psychiatric disorders. In this chapter, we review the evidence for several commonly used CAM therapies (i.e. omega-3 fatty…
