Περιεχόμενα
Foreword
Section 1. The Perinatal Context:
1. The perinatal frame of mind
2. Experiencing severe perinatal mental illness – the woman’s perspective
3. Physiological changes in pregnancy and common obstetric medical disorders
4. Fetal development and routine maternity care
5. Infant development: birth to twelve months
6. Paternal mental health in the perinatal period: impact on family relationships
7. The Perinatal mental health of racial and ethnic minority groups
8. Psychological aspects of infertility, assisted conception and perinatal loss
9. The evolving leader in perinatal mental health services
Section 2. Maternal Mental Disorders:
10. Depression
11. Anxiety disorders in pregnancy and in the post-partum period
12. Postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorder
13. Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
14. Personality disorder
15. Complex post-traumatic stress disorder
16. Eating disorders in the perinatal period
17. Medically unexplained symptoms in the perinatal period
18. Alcohol and substance use disorders
19. Intellectual disability
20. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
21. Autism
22. Maternal suicide, deliberate self-harm and other mental health related causes of maternal death
Section 3. Principles of Perinatal Assessment and Management:
23. Access, assessment and evaluation of risk in perinatal mental health services
24. Pre-pregnancy advice and planning
25. Pre-birth planning
26. Principles of prescribing
27. The reproductive safety of psychotropic medication and implications for prescribing in the perinatal period
28. Psychological therapies for parental mental health in the perinatal period: what works?
29. Effective working across health, peer support and third sector interfaces
30. Perinatal mental health service development and delivery
31. Perinatal mental health services in Asia, Africa and South America
Section 4. Infant Mental Health in the Context of Maternal Mental Health:
32. Infant mental health: the role of perinatal mental health services
33. Maternal mood and stress during pregnancy: effects on the fetus and child
34. Holding the baby in mind: how does infant observation contribute to perinatal practice?
35. Mother-infant focused interventions: what works to improve the mother-infant relationship?
Section 5. Medico-Legal Issues in the Perinatal Period:
36. Child safeguarding
37. Violence against women
38. When mothers kill their children
39. Mental health and capacity legislation in the perinatal period
40. The preparation of psychiatric reports for court
Index.