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Postpartum mood disorders: clinical perspectives.
- Source :
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Journal of women's health [J Womens Health] 1997 Aug; Vol. 6 (4), pp. 421-34. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Mood disorders are common in women. A prepregnancy personal history of mood disorder (bipolar or major depression), premenstrual syndrome, or (possibly) postpartum blues places a woman at high risk for a postpartum exacerbation of symptoms. Untreated or unrecognized postpartum mood disorders can lead to serious psychologic and social consequences, in some cases even leading to suicide or infanticide. Women at risk for postpartum mood disorders need to be referred for psychiatric consultation before pregnancy and parturition. Informed, professional collaboration offers the best opportunities for prevention, as well as the earliest recognition and treatment of emergent symptoms.
- Subjects :
- Depression diagnosis
Depression drug therapy
Depression epidemiology
Female
Humans
Mood Disorders diagnosis
Mood Disorders drug therapy
Mood Disorders epidemiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications drug therapy
Risk Factors
Affective Disorders, Psychotic diagnosis
Affective Disorders, Psychotic drug therapy
Affective Disorders, Psychotic epidemiology
Depression, Postpartum diagnosis
Depression, Postpartum drug therapy
Depression, Postpartum epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1059-7115
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of women's health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9279830
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.1997.6.421