Perinatal Stress, Mood And Anxiety Disorders: From Bench To Bedside (bibliotheca Psychiatrica)
by A. Riecher-Rossler /
2005 / English / PDF
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Mood and anxiety disorders are very common during the perinatal
period, with severe consequences not only for the mother but also
for the child and the whole family. Recent research has shown how
maternal stress, anxiety and depression can adversely influence a
child's early and later development. It is therefore widely
accepted that mental disorders in the perinatal period require
special attention and uniquely modified treatments including
pharmacological, nonpharmacological and psychotherapeutic
approaches. In this volume, a group of internationally renowned
experts review the most important topics of the field from both a
clinical as well as a preclinical perspective - the history of
psychiatry of motherhood, questions of classification of these
disorders, the effects of chronic maternal stress on fetal
development and a child's vulnerability to later psychiatric
illness, the risk of perinatal infanticide and suicide and finally
the most important forms and modifications of therapy.
Mood and anxiety disorders are very common during the perinatal
period, with severe consequences not only for the mother but also
for the child and the whole family. Recent research has shown how
maternal stress, anxiety and depression can adversely influence a
child's early and later development. It is therefore widely
accepted that mental disorders in the perinatal period require
special attention and uniquely modified treatments including
pharmacological, nonpharmacological and psychotherapeutic
approaches. In this volume, a group of internationally renowned
experts review the most important topics of the field from both a
clinical as well as a preclinical perspective - the history of
psychiatry of motherhood, questions of classification of these
disorders, the effects of chronic maternal stress on fetal
development and a child's vulnerability to later psychiatric
illness, the risk of perinatal infanticide and suicide and finally
the most important forms and modifications of therapy.