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pregnancy substance abuse prevention
pregnancy substance abuse prevention Pregnancy is more likely to be unplanned and unacknowledged for women affected by substances. Women may continue to use drugs in pregnancy and deny any risk to the infant. They may have romantic and idealised ideas about motherhood and deny any potential problems. They may experience guilt and shame about the […]
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prenatal trauma during pregnancy
prenatal trauma during pregnancy There are individual differences in the experience of trauma for each parent of any premature infant. A premature birth can hold different significance depending on factors in the parents’ lives and experience, and their effect on the birth experience. Some of the common characteristics of the experiences of parents of premature […]
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Risk factors for psychological disturbance during pregnancy and birth
Risk factors for psychological disturbance during pregnancy and birth Women experiencing mental health or relationship problems increasingly are identified during routine ante-natal screening. Ideally, this enables referral for appropriate assessment and intervention. A range of screening tools and processes have been developed to suit the needs of obstetric services. Questions about past psychiatric history, and […]
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Physical and emotional changes in pregnancy
Physical and emotional changes For the newly pregnant woman, months of physical and emotional change are ahead. The three distinct stages in pregnancy are described as trimesters. The first trimester runs from conception to about 12 weeks’ gestation, before any foetal movement is felt. The second trimester is from the end of the fourth to […]
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pregnancy and abortion counseling article
pregnancy and abortion counseling article Failure to utilize contraception, especially condoms, is multidetermined and should be explored whenever discussing sexuality. Many students eschew condoms for fear they preclude spontaneity or imply promiscuity, or because their partner insists or they feel less pleasure with a latex barrier.Still others succumb to myths (“I can’t get pregnant the fi […]
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substance abuse have effect on woman’s pregnancy
All substances have at least some effect on a woman’s pregnancy, the fetus in utero, and the infant at birth. An extensive discussion of the perinatal effects of substance use is outside the scope of this chapter, but we will briefly discuss the consequences of some of the more frequently abused drugs during pregnancy. Tobacco, marijuana, alcohol, opiates, […]
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Pregnancy and postpartum period is a time of psychiatric vulnerability for women
Pregnancy and the postpartum period is a time of psychiatric vulnerability for women, and both treatment and lack of treatment of mental illness carry some risk to both mother and child. Still, mental illness during this vulnerable time is predictable, identifiable, treatable, and, therefore, preventable. For the clinician treating a patient with a history of […]
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integrative medicine in pregnancy
More attention is likewise being given to complementary and integrative medicine and its role in pregnancy. A 2001 study showed that up to 54 % of participants with depression reported past-year use of complementary and alternative medicine. Reasons for exploring complementary approaches include, the desire for treatments to be based on a “natural approach,” feeling […]
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Schizophrenia and Pregnancy
Schizophrenia and Pregnancy Though a significant proportion of postpartum psychosis has been linked to underlying diagnosis of bipolar spectrum illness, women with non-affective psychotic illness (i.e. schizophrenia) represent an important proportion of women who experience an exacerbation of symptoms in the perinatal period. There is a relative paucity of literature on the course of psychosis […]
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Perinatal complications and stress during pregnancy: anorexia nervosa (AN)
A quarter of parents had experienced severe obstetric difficulty and loss, compared to only 7.5 per cent of matched comparison parents. The incidence of prematurity and birth trauma is elevated by 2–3 fold in the birth histories of those with AN. Pregnancy complications were noted more often. There is a trend for people with anorexia […]
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