It’s OK to Throw Away Some of Those Baby Advice Books
When I meet with mothers of new babies, I often spend a fair amount of time delving into their beliefs about parenting and what they perceive as the “right” way to care for their new [...]
ADHD Medications in Pregnancy and Neonatal Outcomes
Analyzing data from the Swedish Medical Birth Register, the Prescribed Drug Register, and the Swedish Neonatal Quality Register, researchers compared infants exposed to ADHD medication during pregnancy with infants whose mothers never used these drugs [...]
Weekly Roundup for January 26, 2018: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health
In California, the recreational use of marijuana was legalized in 2017, but even before then, the use of marijuana has been increasing. A recent report (Young-Wolff et al, 2017) notes that in 2016, 7% of [...]
Use of ADHD Medications Increasing in Women of Reproductive Age
According to a report published by the CDC in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the use of stimulant medications for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by reproductive-age women is on the rise. [...]
How Are We Doing: What Happens to Women Who Screen Positive for Postpartum Depression?
Postpartum depression (PPD) screening has been increasingly implemented not only in obstetric, but also in primary care and pediatric settings, over the past decade. While there is a growing appreciation for the prevalence of [...]
Weekly Roundup for January 19, 2018: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health
More data on the reproductive safety of ADHD medications (Norby et al 2017), a study questioning the effectiveness of doxylamine-pyridoxine for nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (Persaud et al 2018), and a study documenting the [...]
Postpartum depression: Moving toward improved screening with a new app
The following post was first published in OB/GYN News. Please see our OB/GYN News archives here. Publish date: November 22, 2017 Over the last several years, there’s been increasing interest and ultimately a growing number of mandates across [...]
In Brief: Night Sweats? Hot Flashes? Try Yoga
Yoga is frequently recommended as a treatment for menopause-related symptoms, including vasomotor symptoms and sleep disturbance; however, studies regarding its effectiveness have yielded mixed results. In a recent meta-anlsyis, researchers analyzed data from 13 randomized [...]
Probiotics for Postpartum Depression? Not There Yet
The role of the gut microbiome in mood disorders is an emerging, fascinating field in neuroscience and medicine. Numerous studies have shown that the gut microbiota (colonies of both “good” and “bad” bacteria living in [...]
Weekly Roundup for January 12, 2018: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health
The two most important articles of late present the results of two studies (Levine et al 2018, Bjork et al 2018) demonstrating that periconceptual use of folic acid reduces the risk of having a child [...]