Should we screen all adolescent girls and women for anxiety?
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illnesses, affecting up to 40% of women and 20% of men in the course of their lifetimes. Women and adolescent girls are at particularly high risk for the development of anxiety disorders, due to differences in their brain chemistry, psychosocial contributors such as childhood sexual abuse, as well as the hormonal effects of estrogen and progesterone. Since anxiety disorders are so common among women and girls, could early detection lead to improved outcomes?
The US expert recommendations
In a recent clinical guideline, the Women’s Preventive Service Initiative (WPSI) recommend...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - August 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Collier, MD, MPH Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Maternal Mental Health: Mommy Brain?
Before having a child of my own, I spent 3.5 years working in a home based child abuse prevention program. I would screen new mothers for postpartum depression and help link them to mental health resources, while I was working on my master’s degree in social work to be a therapist myself. I would listen to them talk about “postpartum” when referencing their emotional state after giving birth and constantly heard the phrase, “I have mommy brain” or “I don’t know what’s going on with me, I’m not myself.” Never did I truly understand the weight of these phrases until I gave birth to my daughter earlier thi...
Source: World of Psychology - August 12, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ashley Cory, MSW, LSW Tags: Parenting Pregnancy Women's Issues Motherhood postpartum depression Source Type: blogs
Medications and Safety During Pregnancy
Women who take medication for anxiety, depression or other behavioral health conditions worry about whether they’ll need to discontinue use when they conceive. For years, well-intentioned care providers believed this to be the only clinically responsible solution. The reason for this was simple: because it’s considered unethical to test medication on pregnant and nursing mothers, there was no literature to provide evidence for safety.
But we’ve come a long way, and the field of perinatal psychiatry has evolved a great deal. We now have evidence that supports the safety and efficacy of certain medications for some ...
Source: Cord Blood News - July 28, 2020 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Jennifer Dembo Tags: Cord Blood Cord Tissue Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 9th July 2020
Some things you may need to know (two weeks ' worth).COVID-19COVID-19 in Pregnant Women and Neonates: A Systematic Review of the Literature with Quality Assessment of the StudiesEffects of COVID-19 Infection during Pregnancy and Neonatal Prognosis: What Is the Evidence?Perinatal mental healthInternet ‐based intervention for postpartum depression in China (“Mommy go”): Protocol for a randomized controlled trialPostpartumCan postpartum pelvic floor muscle training reduce urinary and anal incontinence?: An assessor-blinded randomized controlled trialLabourHealth resource utilization of labor induction versus expectant m...
Source: Browsing - July 9, 2020 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: June 27, 2020
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes a look at new research on “mommy brain,” how ultrasounds might be the next big non-invasive research tool and treatment option for brain disorders, the latest state to remove mental health questions from the state bar application, and more.
Stay well, friends!
Does ‘Mommy Brain’ Last? Study Shows Motherhood Does Not Diminish Attention: Well, not sure I’m buying this just yet (ha!), but new research out of Purdue University might have debunked the “mommy brain” theory. By studying mothers who were at least one year postpartum —...
Source: World of Psychology - June 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Brain Activity Emotional Baggage mommy brain New Hampshire bar Postpartum Self-Esteem Ultrasound Source Type: blogs
Understanding Maternal Depression
The role of motherhood is complex and profound. Psychology and development experts agree — the role of the mother is critical to child development, for better or worse. This role is also packed full of societal expectations and emotional milestones for an individual to navigate.
From the moment the pregnancy test confirms impending birth, an individual begins to conjure expectations they have of their own for this experience as well as what significant others, family members, friends, and society will hold for this new mother. While becoming a mother can be one of the most joyful and fulfilling passages of a woman...
Source: World of Psychology - May 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bonnie McClure Tags: Depression Women's Issues Coping on Mother's Day Maternal Depression postpartum depression Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Setting Boundaries With Your Family
Do you have difficult — or even toxic — family members? How does one go about setting boundaries with them? And is it OK to cut them off? In today’s Not Crazy podcast, Jackie and Gabe tackle these tough questions with Sonya Mastick, a mental health advocate and fellow podcaster of a show called “What Won’t She Say?” Sonya shares her personal story of how she handled her toxic mom and demonstrates how it’s OK, and sometimes even necessary, to set strong boundaries with family members who hurt you. It’s also OK if those boundaries shift and evolve with time.
Tune in for an honest discussion about pro...
Source: World of Psychology - April 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: Family General Interview LifeHelper Mental Health and Wellness Not Crazy Podcast Source Type: blogs
The Psychology of Misogyny & Misogynistic People
Most of us are familiar with the term “misogyny.” Today, we regularly hear it in conversation. And we regularly see it all over social media.
And yet, misogyny, or misogynist, is largely misunderstood.
The dictionary defines misogyny as a hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, said Jill A. Stoddard, PhD, a psychologist and director of The Center for Stress and Anxiety Management in San Diego. The word, she noted, has Greek origins: “misein,” meaning “to hate,” and gynē, meaning “woman.”
However, misogyny goes beyond despising all or even most women.
Rather, “misogyny is hostility toward the women who thr...
Source: World of Psychology - March 8, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: General Men's Issues Psychology Women's Issues misogyny sexism Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Postpartum Psychosis Warning Signs
Having a baby is a wonderfully happy time, right? For many women, it certainly is, but estimates show that 1 in 5 women who give birth will suffer from some type of perinatal mental illness, such as depression, anxiety, OCD or psychosis. Chances are, this includes someone you know. In today’s podcast, Dr. Katayune Kaeni, a psychologist who specializes in perinatal mental health and a sufferer herself, discusses these often confusing and debilitating disorders, particularly postpartum psychosis, a more rare and severe form of perinatal mental illness.
Who is at risk? What does perinatal psychosis look like? And what is t...
Source: World of Psychology - February 27, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Children and Teens Disorders General Interview Parenting Podcast Pregnancy The Psych Central Show Women's Issues Source Type: blogs
Inside Schizophrenia: Schizophrenia in Women
Often we don’t really consider gender dynamics in treatment or medication. A lot of medications are only tested on men because of the risk of pregnancy, etc. This means there are whole drugs that have made it to market that may not have ever been tested with women. Schizophrenia affects women in many different ways than men.
In this episode schizophrenic Rachel Star Withers and cohost Gabe Howard discuss differences in age, symptoms, treatments, lifestyle, parenthood in the genders as they experience schizophrenia.
Dr. Hayden Finch joins to explain the medical side.
Highlights in “Schizophrenia in WomenR...
Source: World of Psychology - February 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rachel Star Withers Tags: Inside Schizophrenia Mental Health and Wellness Women's Issues Gender Differences Mental Disorder Mental Illness Psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Women's Health women's mental health Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: February 1, 2020
This article shares her story of recovery. (Source: World of Psychology)
Source: World of Psychology - February 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Traci Pedersen Tags: Anorexia Anxiety and Panic Disorders Eating Disorders General Medications Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Psychology Around the Net Research Depression gut bacteria Magic Mushrooms postpartum depression psychedelic therap Source Type: blogs
How safe is exercise during pregnancy?
Two lines on a home pregnancy test, a flickering heartbeat on ultrasound, and suddenly your world has changed: you’re pregnant! Regardless of where this new path takes you, you may start to examine your daily decisions in a new way as you discover an intense drive to protect the growing baby inside you. Even your exercise routines may come under scrutiny, particularly if late-night Googling has you second-guessing everything that you believed you knew.
Just how safe is exercise during pregnancy?
The short answer? Exercise during pregnancy is not only safe, it’s encouraged. An overriding principle for pregnancy is: what...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - January 28, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Reiff, MD Tags: Health Source Type: blogs
Ten Tips for Aging with Depression
Major Depression — the clinical type — is not a normal part of aging. Though it can appear at any age, older adults are at an increased risk. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) distinguishes this condition from having “the blues” and likens it to other medical illnesses that are treatable, like diabetes or hypertension. Overwhelming sadness and anxiety can last for weeks at a time or much longer, with a wide range of other discouraging symptoms. Yet, there are things that can help.
Statistics tell us that later in life, at least one chronic disease will affect 80 percent of us. It natura...
Source: World of Psychology - January 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan McDaniel Tags: Aging Depression depression risk Elderly seniors Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Hugging Strangers to Improve Mental Health
Touch is a powerful thing. From the time we’re born, and throughout our lives, humans need touch to thrive and develop properly. Sadly, many people in our culture experience a profound lack of caring and respectful platonic touch. Today’s guest, Rev. Edie Weinstein, has a remedy for this. She is the founder of Hug Mobsters Armed With Love, which offers FREE HUGS events for the public.
Tune in to discover how Edie got started in the hugging “business,” the ins and outs of giving free hugs in public, and how she manages to gently navigate our culture’s understandable wariness of inappropriate touch.
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Source: World of Psychology - January 16, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Inspiration & Hope Interview Mental Health and Wellness Podcast The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs
Personal Responsibility
A fundamental assumption of libertarianism, and of ordinary conservatism, is that people ' s lot in life is generally deserved. Poor people, substance abusers, offenders -- they didn ' t work hard enough, they are moral failures, they don ' t love Jesus, whatever, it ' s their own fault. People who are economically and socially successful earned what they have. Social problems are individual problems -- if we try to help the unfortunate, we just enable their failings.Back in the 1990s (while Bill Clinton was president) the CDC cosponsored a study withKaiser-Permanente on what are called Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE)....
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 2, 2020 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
