Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: August 27, 2024
Screening and treatments are no longer barriers to care; access continues to be.
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: May 23, 2024
Once screened, it can be very challenging to engage women with postpartum depression in treatment.
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: January 3, 2024
Screening and identifying women who likely suffer from postpartum depression simply is not enough.
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: December 14, 2023
We want to empower patients to make decisions that work for them based on more rapidly accumulating information and help inform their decisions.
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: August 15, 2023
It is noteworthy that while zuranolone received FDA approval for the PPD indication, it did not receive approval for the treatment of major depress...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: May 4, 2023
A growing number of women ask about nonpharmacologic approaches for either the treatment of acute perinatal depression or for relapse prevention du...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: January 20, 2023
The task force recently recommended against screening with systematic questionnaires, noting that benefits were unclear and not a particular advant...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: November 21, 2022
Both antidepressants and newer mood stabilizers have been shown to be safe in pregnancy.
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: August 16, 2022
The good news is we’ve seen an evolution of both interest and expertise in acute management of postpartum psychosis and a richer appreciation of th...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: March 22, 2022
Although some of the data remain incomplete, in 2022, patients will continue to make individual decisions factoring in the effect of maternal adver...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: January 21, 2022
In reproductive psychiatry, we tend to apply available data and clinical experience as we guide patients on a case-by-case basis.
News
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: August 20, 2021
Despite the growing, appropriate focus on recognition and acute treatment of postpartum depression as well as assessing clinical outcomes for those...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: March 25, 2021
Women with bipolar disorder are at particular risk for postpartum worsening of their mood and we have noticed during the pandemic that women are st...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: January 21, 2021
The level of anxiety associated with decisions to sustain or to discontinue treatment during pregnancy seems to have increased for some patients du...
Opinion
- Author:
- Lee S. Cohen, MD
Publish date: December 1, 2020
We have unequivocally seen a worsening of complaints of sleep disruption including insomnia and midcycle awakening during the pandemic.
