Treatment Approaches for Perinatal Mental Health Flashcards

What role does peer support play in PSI's treatment model for PMADs?

Answer: It provides validation, hope, and community as a complement to professional treatment

PSI views peer support as a valuable complement to professional treatment by offering empathy, lived experience, and hope to individuals experiencing PMADs.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for perinatal depression combines what two approaches?

Answer: Mindfulness meditation practices and CBT techniques

MBCT integrates mindfulness meditation with CBT principles to reduce rumination and prevent depressive relapse in perinatal populations.

For postpartum anxiety, which treatment approach is supported by current evidence?

Answer: CBT and/or SSRIs depending on severity

For postpartum anxiety, CBT is the preferred psychotherapy and SSRIs may be used pharmacologically, with benzodiazepines generally avoided due to risk profiles in the perinatal period.

What is the significance of 'informed consent' in treating perinatal mood disorders with medication?

Answer: Patients must be fully informed of risks and benefits so they can make autonomous treatment decisions

Informed consent ensures patients understand medication risks and benefits during pregnancy or lactation so they can make truly autonomous, educated treatment decisions.

What is 'galactagogue therapy' NOT considered in the context of perinatal depression treatment?

Answer: An evidence-based treatment for postpartum depression

Galactagogues are used to increase breast milk supply and are not an evidence-based treatment for postpartum depression.

Bright light therapy has been studied as an adjunct treatment for what perinatal condition?

Answer: Perinatal depression, particularly in winter months

Bright light therapy, often used for seasonal affective disorder, has been studied as an adjunct intervention for perinatal depression, especially in light-deprived seasons.