Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week: May 1-7, 2024
May 1, 2024 is World Maternal Mental Health Day, coming together to increase awareness of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
May 1, 2024 is World Maternal Mental Health Day, coming together to increase awareness of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
Psychological interventions may reduce the severity of perinatal anxiety symptoms.
In this postmarketing surveillance data analysis, excessive sedation and loss of consciousness when receiving brexanolone occurred at lower rates than previously reported in clinical trials.
This hotline will offer a range of support, including brief interventions, referrals to both community-based and telehealth providers as needed.
A recent review and meta-analysis found that upwards of 20% of women with no history of psychiatric illness experience their first bipolar-spectrum mood episode during the perinatal period.
Family history of psychiatric illness was associated a twofold increased risk for postpartum depression.
Family history of psychiatric, especially bipolar disorder, was associated with a signifiant increase in risk for postpartum depression.
About 60% of women with mood disorders experience premenstrual exacerbation or PME of their mood during the premenstrual phase of their cycle.
Psychological interventions provided by nurses and midwives can significantly reduce the severity of perinatal depressive symptoms.
Postpartum depression first gained medical attention in the 1970’s. While postpartum depression is similar to depression occurring at other times in a woman’s life, we have learned over time that many women with what we [...]