Resources for Practitioners
Beyond the Blues, Understanding and Treating Prenatal and Postpartum Depression and AnxietyInformation about risk factors, diagnosis, treatment options, and prevention of mood and anxiety disorders in pregnancy and postpartum. It is written for women and families that are suffering, as well as the healthcare providers who treat them.
Textbook of Women's Reproductive Mental HealthA comprehensive text for understanding, diagnosing, and supporting the unique mental health needs of women and others who undergo female reproductive transitions during their entire reproductive life cycle.
Women's Reproductive Mental Health Across the LifespanWomen's Reproductive Mental Health Across the Lifespan captures the science, clinical observation, and collective wisdom of experts in the field.
Women's mood disorders : a clinician's guide to perinatal psychiatryThis text provides background on the history of perinatal psychiatry, and discusses future directions in the field.
Key Topics in Perinatal Mental HealthIntegrates hospital interventions with community services. Addresses depressive disorders in groups of at-risk women. Includes chapters focusing on specific regions and programs
- Psychiatry OnlineSometimes this database is called: PsychOnline
PsychiatryOnline.org (POL) include the DSM-5®, The American Journal of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Services, Psychiatric News,The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, The American Journal of Psychotherapy, Focus, the Introductory Textbook of Psychiatry, Seventh Edition, and other textbooks.
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- Reprotox This link opens in a new window
REPROTOX contains summaries on the effects of medications, chemicals, biologics, and physical agents on pregnancy, reproduction, lactation, and development. The REPROTOX® system was developed as an adjunct information source for clinicians, scientists, and government agencies. Patients should consult their health care providers rather than relying on REPROTOX® summaries.
- LactMed This link opens in a new window
The LactMed® database contains information on drugs and other chemicals to which breastfeeding mothers may be exposed. It includes information on the levels of such substances in breast milk and infant blood, and the possible adverse effects in the nursing infant. Suggested therapeutic alternatives to those drugs are provided, where appropriate. All data are derived from the scientific literature and fully referenced. A peer review panel reviews the data to assure scientific validity and currency.