Postpartum Mental Health Disorders: A Casebook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780190849955)

Many psychiatrists, obstetricians, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and other health care professionals have not been trained to adequately identify psychiatric disorders that present in postpartum women, and yet are often faced with patients expressing mental health symptoms that may lead to serious problems.

Postpartum Mental Health Disorders: A Casebook offers brief, practical guidance on the recognition and management of postpartum mental health disorders, including depression, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), psychotic disorders, bipolar disorders, posttraumatic stress disorders, personality disorders and eating disorders. Written by experienced clinicians, chapters are organized into collections of case examples and are designed to provide at-a-glance information about diagnoses, treatment, and outcomes with advice on when to refer to a specialist. Each chapter also includes an assessment tool to assist with diagnosis and a list of risk factors for developing postpartum disorders. An appendix of screening questionnaires is provided at the end of the book.

Author: G Committee on Gender and Mental Health
ISBN-10: 0190849959
ISBN-13: 9780190849955
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2020
Pages: 164
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d