5 Minute Pearls: Psychiatric Disorders During Pregnancy and the Postpartum
Marlene P. Freeman, MD discusses the range of mood and anxiety disorders associated with the postpartum that clinicians should be considering, including postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, bipolar disorder, anxiety, and OCD. She calls postpartum blues a normal condition; about 80% of women will suffer from some transient mild sadness or low mood. Dr Freeman also shares several postpartum resources that are valuable for both clinicians or patients and caregivers.
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Presented by The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry in partnership with ASCP.
Marlene P. Freeman, MD is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School where she serves as the Associate Director of the Center for Women’s Mental Health at Mass General Hospital and the medical director of the Clinical Trials Network and Institute. Dr Freeman is the esteemed Editor in Chief for The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, and a volunteer and a member of Postpartum Support International.
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