Perinatal mental illness is a significant complication of pregnancy and the postpartum
period. These disorders include depression, anxiety disorders, and postpartum psychosis …

Background Evidence suggests that postpartum anxiety is relatively common among
postpartum women. Anxiety meeting diagnostic criteria for a disorder represents anxiety at …

Postpartum period is demanding period characterized by overwhelming biological, physical,
social, and emotional changes. It requires significant personal and interpersonal adaptation …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a severe and disabling clinical condition that usually
arises in late adolescence or early adulthood and, if left untreated, has a chronic course …

Objective: The postpartum period is recognized as a time of vulnerability to affective
disorders, particularly postpartum depression. In contrast, the prevalence and clinical …

In reply to commentary on our target article, we supply further evidence and hypotheses in
the description of ritualized behaviors in humans. Reactions to indirect fitness threats …

PRACTICE GUIDELINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE
DISORDER Page 1 Not for Distribution or Citation Draft 2, December 6, 2005 PRACTICE …

Objective: Although pregnant and postpartum women are presumed to be at greater risk of
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) than the general population, the evidence has been …

Although the prevalence, risk factors for, and consequences of postpartum depression have
been studied extensively, little work has examined the nature of postpartum anxiety …

Background Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) has demonstrated efficacy for the prevention
and treatment of perinatal depression. Previous systematic reviews have not evaluated the …