Deaths from psychiatric causes
Deaths from psychiatric causes
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02847.x
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发表时间:
2011-03-01
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
Cantwell, R.
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文献类型:
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作者:
Oates, M.;Cantwell, R.
• As has been recommended before, but re-emphasised here, all women should be asked at their antenatal booking visit about a previous history of psychiatric disorder as well as their current mental health. Women with a previous history of serious affective disorder or other psychoses should be referred in pregnancy for psychiatric assessment and management even if they are well. A minimum requirement for management should be regular monitoring and support for at least 3 months following delivery.• Psychiatric services should have priority care pathways for pregnant and postpartum women. These will include a lowered threshold for referral and intervention, including admission and a rapid response time, for women in late pregnancy and the first 6 weeks following delivery. Care by multiple psychiatric teams should be avoided. Risk assessments of pregnant or postpartum women should be modified to take account of risk associated with previous history, the distinctive clinical picture of perinatal disorders and the violent method of suicide.• All mental health trusts should have specialised community perinatal mental teams to care for pregnant and postpartum women. These should be closely integrated with regional mother and baby units so that all women requiring psychiatric admission in late pregnancy and the postpartum period can be admitted together with their infants.• Caution needs to be exercised when diagnosing psychiatric disorder if the only symptoms are either unexplained physical symptoms or distress and agitation. This is particularly so when the woman has no prior psychiatric history or when she does not speak English or comes from an ethnic minority.