Are we overlooking obsessive-compulsive disorder during and after pregnancy? Some arguments for a peripartum onset specifier

The peripartum period appears to be a potent trigger of obsessive-compulsive disorder in women; however, due to the lack of awareness and routine screening, women with obsessive-compulsive disorder may be at risk of under- or misdiagnosis. Unfortunately, the missed diagnosis or misdiagnosis can have serious consequences including symptom persistence, compromised ability to care for the newborn, poor quality of life and unnecessary reporting of the mother to child protective services. It is argued that future iterations of the DSM consider expanding the scope of the peripartum onset specifier to include obsessive-compulsive disorder to increase its detection, diagnosis and management.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Archives of women's mental health - 24(2021), 1 vom: 25. Feb., Seite 165-168

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sharma, Verinder [VerfasserIn]
Mazmanian, Dwight [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Detection
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Peripartum
Postpartum
Pregnancy
Treatment

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.04.2021

Date Revised 27.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00737-020-01038-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310338522