1st Edition
Psychiatric Disorders and Pregnancy
The most practical guide currently available for psychiatrists, obstetricians, and primary health care providers in the management of psychiatric illness in pregnancy, this unique text provides a modern and fully up-to-date review of the clinical literature relative to clinical management in the field.
Short Contents
1. Introduction: mental illness in pregnancy
Veronica O’Keane, Trudi Seneviratne & Michael Marsh (London, UK)
2. Screening for mental illness in pregnancy
Margaret Oates & Roch Cantwell (Glasgow, UK)
3. The effects of parental mental illness on children
Alan Gregoire and Sue Paulby (Southampton, UK)
4. The mentally ill mother and parenting of infants
Trudi Seneviratne (London, UK)
5. Infanticide and child abuse
Meg Spinelli (USA)
6. Management of affective disorders in pregnancy and the puerperium
Veronica O’Keane (London, UK)
7. Management of psychosis (schizophrenia and mania) in pregnancy and the puerperium
Angelica Wieck (London, UK)
8. Management of eating disorders in pregnancy and the puerperium
Ulrike Schmidt and Nadia Micali (London, UK)
9. Management of personality disorders in pregnancy and the puerperium
Sue Conroy and Paul Moran (London, UK)
10. Post traumatic stress disorder and childbirth
Klaas Wijma (Linköping, Sweden)
11. Substance abuse in pregnancy
Jane Marshall (London, UK)
12. Breastfeeding and drug treatment
Thomas Hale (Texas Tech, USA)
13. The place of psychological therapies in the peri-natal period
Anne Ward (London, UK)
14. Models of health care in the management of women with psychiatric disorders in pregnancy
Louise Howard (London, UK)
15. The effect of mental illness on obstetric and neonatal outcome
Michael Marsh (London, UK)
16. The effects of termination of pregnancy, stillbirth and congenital abnormality on
mental health
Ellie Lee (UK)
17. Ethical and legal aspects of perinatal psychiatry and obstetric interventions in
women with mental illness
Peter Haughton and Roz Ramsey(London, UK)
18. Mental illness and pregnancy from a transcultural perspective
Neelam Sosodia and John Cox (London, UK)
Biography
Veronica O'Keane, Trudi Seneviratne, Michael S. Marsh
"This is a welcome addition to the literature in an only recently appreciated field. It serves as a comprehensive resource to be used with clinical judgment for recognizing and managing pregnant patients with mental illness. It also provides a review of critical areas needing additional research in the mental healthcare of women."
Marie A Dewitt, Doody's Reviews, 2006
