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Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum

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Book cover Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum

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This chapter begins with a review of the prevalence, assessment, and clinical presentation of anxiety in the perinatal period. Next, we discuss two forms of treatment for anxiety that have been found effective in clinical research: cognitive-behavioral therapy and certain classes of medication. The effectiveness of these treatments with each of the anxiety disorders is discussed, as is the issue of how medication might affect the unborn and breast-feeding infant. Finally, we present a case study of a representative patient with postpartum obsessive-compulsive disorder who was evaluated and treated in our anxiety disorders program.

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  1. OCD/Anxiety Disorders Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Jonathan S. Abramowitz

  2. Department of Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

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  3. Department of Psychiatry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

    Katherine M. Moore

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Abramowitz, J.S., Larsen, K., Moore, K.M. (2006). Treatment of Anxiety Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum. In: Hendrick, V. (eds) Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum. Current Clinical Practice. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-013-3_4

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