Patient Retention in Specialized Telepsychiatry Services
Mental health has seen a surge in telemedicine services in recent years, which has proven to be a valuable tool for delivering psychiatric care to patients who may not have easy access to in-person care.
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Panic Attacks After Giving Birth
The postpartum period can be a difficult time for women. Many new mothers are aware of the possibility of the “baby blues” or postpartum depression. But lots of women are not informed about the risk of postpartum panic attacks. This condition often catches new mothers off guard at a time when they’re already struggling to find their footing.
Birth Trauma: What No One Talks About After Having a Baby
Many people understand and expect women to have to heal and recover physically after having a baby. While women are strong and resilient individuals, your body undergoes many changes and challenges over the course of pregnancy, and labor and delivery can be very painful and leave you with scars or even bodily injuries. However, for many women, the damage from labor can also be emotional and lead to birth trauma.
Becoming a Mother: What These Psychiatrists Want You To Know
Whether you’ve recently found out you’re pregnant or are already holding your infant in your arms, becoming a mother can be a roller coaster ride. While being a new mom comes with its share of joy and excitement, it can be difficult to admit that many moments are frustrating and downright exhausting.
Postpartum Therapy: How Do You Thrive After Having a Baby?
Pregnancy and birth are both times of rapid transition, and the days and months after having a baby can come with a wide range of emotions. While your little one may bring a lot of excitement and love, it’s also normal to feel stressed with your new role and responsibilities. Hormonal changes, sleep deprivation, and physical changes to your body can make you feel like a shell of your former self.
Postpartum's Lesser-Known Relatives
There is growing awareness of postpartum depression in the medical community, within mother-baby support communities, and in the recent years, it is even screened for 6 weeks after delivery at Ob and Peds follow up appointments. There are however, a host of other postpartum disorders that often present themselves in the postpartum period that are lesser-known and lesser-diagnosed though they can be as impactful as depression in the perinatal period. We will cover some signs and symptoms of postpartum anxiety, postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder and more rarely, postpartum psychosis.
Baby Blues... or Is It Something More?
Having a baby is an intense and exhilarating time in a woman’s life. There are so many expectations, dreams, hopes, fears, changes both logistically, physically and neurochemically. Women often find their moods after giving birth to be wildly fluctuating. One moment can be joy staring into a new little face and another moment terror at all the things to come. Sleep deprivation and shifting hormones can feel like a bit of a roller coaster. Lets talk about where post-partum blues end and post-partum depression begins.