Tag Archives: Women’s

Weekly Roundup for FEBRUARY 1, 2019: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health

Over the last few years, there has been an increasing number of articles focusing on perinatal anxiety.  Recent studies indicate that anxiety during pregnancy and the postpartum period is common and may occur independently of perinatal depression, although anxiety and depressive symptoms frequently appear together during the perinatal period.  This week we have several large… Read More »

Michigan women’s prison to treat 2,000 inmates for scabies, plans to temporarily close to visitors

The Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility near Ypsilanti, Michigan, said this week it plans to treat its 2,000 inmates for scabies, according to a local report. The prison will be closed to visitors from Tuesday to Friday of next week as inmates are treated, the Detroit Free Press reported, citing Department of Corrections spokesman Chris… Read More »

Weekly Roundup for AUGUST 24, 2018: Recent Publications in Women’s Mental Health

This week, we have some data from our National Pregnancy Registry of Psychiatric Medications looking at infants exposed to quetiapine (Seroquel).  Consistent with other studies we have seen recently, there appears to be no increase in risk of major malformations.  There is also an interesting paper from DiFlorio and colleagues which assesses risk for postpartum… Read More »