PPD

Increased Identification of Women with Perinatal Depression, But Still Room for Improvement

Over the last decade, public awareness of the mental health challenges women face has grown tremendously, and we can say with certainty that we have succeeded in putting this important topic firmly on the medical [...]

By |2019-06-05T19:25:06-04:00June 5th, 2019|Diagnosis & Screening, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on Increased Identification of Women with Perinatal Depression, But Still Room for Improvement

Perinatal Depression: How Do We Define High Risk? (Part 2)

Several weeks ago, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued recommendations that all pregnant and postpartum women should be evaluated in order to determine risk for depressive illness and suggests that women at increased [...]

By |2019-03-20T20:43:34-04:00March 20th, 2019|Depressive Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on Perinatal Depression: How Do We Define High Risk? (Part 2)

FDA is Expected to Approve Brexanolone for the Treatment of Postpartum Depression

In 2015, we first reported on SAGE-547 (SAGE Therapeutics), a new medication for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD).  SAGE-547, now called brexanolone, is an allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors.  Since that time, Sage Therapeutics [...]

By |2019-03-18T22:49:26-04:00March 18th, 2019|Medication, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Treatment|Comments Off on FDA is Expected to Approve Brexanolone for the Treatment of Postpartum Depression

Timing of Postpartum Depression Onset May Predict Symptom Pattern

Postpartum depression (PPD) is a common and complicated illness, affecting about 15% of women in the perinatal period. Recent research from the PACT consortium (Postpartum Depression: Action Toward Causes and Treatment) has sought to classify [...]

By |2019-03-01T12:53:18-04:00March 6th, 2019|Depressive Disorders, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders|Comments Off on Timing of Postpartum Depression Onset May Predict Symptom Pattern

Preventing postpartum depression: Start with women at greatest risk

January 30, 2019 from ObGynNews   The last decade has brought appropriate attention to the high prevalence of postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, with postpartum depression (PPD) constituting the most common complication in modern obstetrics. [...]

By |2019-03-01T08:44:59-04:00February 15th, 2019|Depressive Disorders, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Prevention|Comments Off on Preventing postpartum depression: Start with women at greatest risk

Preventing postpartum depression: Start with women at greatest risk

Dr. Lee S. Cohen, Director of the Ammon-Pinizzotto Center for Women's Mental Health at Massachusetts General Hospital, recently shared his insights on preventing postpartum depression with Ob.Gyn News on January 30, 2019 The last decade [...]

By |2021-11-22T14:58:26-04:00January 30th, 2019|ObGyn News, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Prevention|Comments Off on Preventing postpartum depression: Start with women at greatest risk

Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: How Long Does It Last?

In the earliest studies, postpartum depression was described an episode of depression associated with childbirth, typically emerging within the first three months after delivery.  As more research has been carried out, we have learned [...]

By |2020-08-03T13:23:22-04:00January 23rd, 2019|Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy|Comments Off on Perinatal Depression and Anxiety: How Long Does It Last?

Oral Allopregnanolone Analogue for Postpartum Depression Treatment

In 2015, we first reported on SAGE-547 (SAGE Therapeutics), a new medication for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD).  SAGE-547, now called brexanolone, is a neurosteroid, an analogue of allopregnanolone and an allosteric modulator of [...]

By |2019-01-13T15:57:09-04:00January 14th, 2019|Medication, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Treatment|Comments Off on Oral Allopregnanolone Analogue for Postpartum Depression Treatment

FDA Supports Intravenous Brexanolone for Postpartum Depression

In 2015, we first reported on SAGE-547 (SAGE Therapeutics), a new medication for the treatment of postpartum depression (PPD).  SAGE-547, now called brexanolone, is an allosteric modulator of GABAA receptors.  Since that time, Sage Therapeutics [...]

By |2018-11-10T10:02:56-04:00November 10th, 2018|Medication, Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Treatment|Comments Off on FDA Supports Intravenous Brexanolone for Postpartum Depression

In Brief: Asthma Doubles Risk of Postpartum Depression

In a recent study from Quebec, researchers compared the risk of postpartum depression in more than 35,000 pregnant women with asthma and almost 200,000 women without asthma.  They found that rates of postpartum depressive symptoms [...]

By |2018-11-08T10:58:08-04:00October 26th, 2018|Postpartum Depression, Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders, Prevalence & Risk Factors|Comments Off on In Brief: Asthma Doubles Risk of Postpartum Depression
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