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Critical Assessment of Observational Studies and Shared Decision Making in Perinatal Psychiatry

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While mental health problems are common in pregnancy and the postpartum period, there remain a number of barriers to adequate evidence-based care. One important obstacle is the relative lack of evidence regarding the benefits and harms of treatment for perinatal mental disorders. Despite their limitations, observational studies and systematic reviews and meta-analyses of these continue to serve as the main source of evidence guiding treatment decisions. The importance of shared decision making in a field where risks exist in both the acceptance and refusal of treatment cannot be overstated. Therefore, it is critical that health-care providers not only know how to critically assess existing evidence, but base decisions on these assessments, women’s values and beliefs, and their clinical presentations.

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    Joel Rennó Jr.

  2. Women’s Mental Health Clinic, Incestuous Families Treatment Clinic of Clinica’s Hospital, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

    Gislene Valadares

  3. Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Amaury Cantilino

  4. Brazilian Association of Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Jeronimo Mendes-Ribeiro

  5. Private Practice, São Lucas Medical Institute Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil

    Renan Rocha

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Forrest, L.F., Van Lieshout, R.J. (2020). Critical Assessment of Observational Studies and Shared Decision Making in Perinatal Psychiatry. In: Rennó Jr., J., Valadares, G., Cantilino, A., Mendes-Ribeiro, J., Rocha, R., Geraldo da Silva, A. (eds) Women's Mental Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29081-8_27

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