02. Treating Depression in Pregnancy: Guiding Principles
Key Points
- The best time to devise a treatment plan in women with histories of depression is before conception.
- It is important to decipher the data regarding possible medications in pregnancy or the postpartum period and explain the information to the patient and preferably also to her partner.
- The treatment of perinatal depression begins with a thorough clinical and psychosocial assessment, with the goals both of assessing personal risk and eliciting patient knowledge and preference.
- Patients with similar illness histories make different decisions regarding treatment during pregnancy.
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