Postpartum psychiatric disorders: What do we know and where do we go?

Current Psychiatry Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-158

  Grigoriadis, Sophie ^a   Romans, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child outcome; Culture; Female lifecycle stage; Lactation; Mood and anxiety disorders; Postpartum disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BETA ENDORPHIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; ESTROGEN; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; GONADOTROPIN; HALOPERIDOL; HYDROCORTISONE; INHIBIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM SALT; MINERALOCORTICOID; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; THYROID HORMONE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LACTATION; MENTAL DISEASE; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PANIC; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 33745841554     PISSN: 15734005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340006775101481     Document Type: Review

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