Essential Reads: Medications for Smoking Cessation in Breastfeeding Women
Our information on the use of medications for smoking cessation in nursing mothers is limited.
Essential Reads: Guidelines for the Use of Electroconvulsive Therapy During Pregnancy
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a safe and effective treatment for many psychiatric illnesses occurring during pregnancy.
Essential Reads: Topiramate and Pregnancy (2021)
Multiple studies have associated first trimester exposure to topiramate with increased risk of oral clefts.
Essential Reads: SBIRT for Women with Alcohol and Drug Use During Pregnancy
Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment or SBIRT has been shown to be a quick and effective means of identifying and intervening with patients whose patterns of use put them at risk for, or who already have, substance-related health problems.
Essential Reads: Neurosteroids, Allopregnanolone and Vulnerability to Depression in Women
This article focuses on how GABA-ergic neurotransmitter systems may modulate the interaction between reproductive steroid and sex steroid systems, and sheds light on the role allopregnanolone may play in medicating vulnerability to depression.Â
Essential Reads: Zuranolone for Postpartum Depression
Zuranolone has antidepressant effects in women with severe PPD, observed as early as 3 days after initiation of treatment. Â
Essential Reads: Recognizing Postpartum Psychosis
Because postpartum psychosis is relatively uncommon, we do not have as much information on this illness as we have on postpartum depression. Â In addition, most of the literature we have on postpartum psychosis is not [...]
Essential Reads: A Clinical Guide for the Diagnosis and Treatment of PMDD
In an evidence-based review published in 2012, Laura Wakil, Samantha Meltzer-Brody, and Susan Girdler present a thorough review of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), reviewing its diagnosis and treatment options.
Essential Reads: Stress, Anxiety and Depression in Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment
Individuals experiencing significant infertility-related psychological symptoms are less likely to pursue infertility treatment and more likely to drop out.
Essential Reads: Measuring the Impact of Antenatal Depression on the Fetal Brain Using Neuroimaging
Neuroimaging studies indicate that exposure to antenatal depression may determine risk for later neuropsychiatric illness in the child.