Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy Postpartum

Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum earns its important place in the literature by detailing our current understanding of the course, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric illness during pregnancy and postpartum (including breast-feeding), highlighting risks for mothers and children alike.In just five concise richly informative chapters, the nine distinguished contributors to Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum dispel prevailing beliefs and offer invaluable guidance in treating women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. They assert that pregnancy is a time of increased vulnerability to -- rather than "protection from" -- psychiatric illness, present data that support the use of certain antidepressants during pregnancy and postpartum, discuss decisions about what constitutes "reasonable risk" during pregnancy, and call urgently for further studies to enhance our understanding of breast-feeding infant exposure to medications.Meticulously referenced and remarkably succinct, Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum provides critical information about the course of illness during pregnancy and postpartum to help guide effective individualized treatment decisions -- decisions that are ultimately based on the patient's wishes.