Maternal mental health Flashcards
What percentage of women suffer from antenatal depression?
10%
What is the 12 month prevalence of PND?
15%
what is the prevalence of schizophrenia?
1% 1:100
what is the incidence of PP psychosis
1:1000
What is the prevalence of borderline personality disorder? and how does this differ/why in the pregnant population?
1%, however more like 2.7% in women over 25 yrs
Which 4 tools are available to screen for antenatal depression?
EPDS
PHQ-9
Whooley Questions
Kessler psychological distress scaleW
Which 4 tools are available to screen for antenatal depression?
EPDS
PHQ-9
Whooley Questions
Kessler psychological distress scaleW
Which 4 tools can be used to screen for postnatal depression?
- EPDS
- K10
- Whooley Questions
- PHQ-9
Which scoring systems can be used for anxiety in the perinatal period?
- Items 3,4 and 5 in EPDS
- GAD 7 item scale
- GHQ - 12, 28 or 30 item scale
- HADS
- State-trait anxiety inventory
List 6 psychosocial risk factors for poor mental health PP
- past history of abuse
- previous pregnancy loss
- unwanted pregnancy
- inability to be with baby in 1st week of life (NICU)
- minimal support
List 5 psychosocial risk factors for poor mental health PP
- past history of abuse
- previous pregnancy loss
- unwanted pregnancy
- inability to be with baby in 1st week of life (NICU)
- minimal support
what are the 8 pharmacotherapy principles in pregnancy
- seek advice from specialist
- choose medication with lowest profile of risk to mother and baby - taking into account previous response to treatment
- use lowest effective dose
- use a single drug if possible
- dose adjustment in pregnancy (pharmacodynamics)
- if anticonvulsant exposure in 1st trimester - tertiary anatomy scan
- plan early PN review for women who cease medication in pregnancy
- arrange observation for infants exposed to psychoactive drugs within first 3 days of life
How would you manage mild to moderate depression in pregnancy and post partum?
- provide structured psychoeducational therapy
- advise benefits of social support groups
- recommend individual CBT or IPT
- no good evidence for complementary therapies - omega-3 no benefit, no harm, St Johns wort - no benefit HARM, Ginko - no research
Is there an association between use of TCAs and SSRIs in 1st trimester and risk of neonatal mortality?
No
Is SSRI associated with fetal malformations in pregnancy (particularly in 1st TM?)
No