RT Book, Section
A1 Jain, Sangeeta
A2 Pacheco, Luis D.
A2 Saade, George R.
A2 Hankins, Gary D.V.
SR Print(0)
ID 1115520604
T1 Depression in Pregnancy
T2 Maternal Medicine
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071824163
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1115520604
RD 2023/09/29
AB Approximately  10%  to  13%  of  pregnant  women  suffer  from  pregnancy-associated  depressive  episodes,1,2  and  about  5%  to  6%  develop  major  depression  during  pregnancy.2  Maternal  suicide  accounts  for  20%  of  postnatal  deaths  among  depressed  women.3  One  in  five  women  will  experience  a  major  depression  episode  during  the  course  of  her  lifetime.  Upon  diagnosis  of  pregnancy,  most  women  will  discontinue  their  antidepressants  owing  to  the  concern  of  adverse  effects  on  the  fetus.  Pregnancy,  however,  does  not  protect  against  the  development  of  an  episode  of  depression,  making  it  more  likely  that  these  patients  will  need  behavioral  and  pharmacologic  treatments.  Yet  this  aspect  continues  to  be  the  most  neglected  part  of  a  woman’s  obstetric  care.