Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health: Clinical Management and Service …

National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (UK). Antenatal and Postnatal Mental Health: Clinical Management and Service Guidance: Updated edition. Leicester (UK): British Psychological Society; 2014 Dec. PMID: 26180865.

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The guideline makes recommendations for the use of pharmacological, psychological and service-level interventions. It aims to:
– Evaluate the role of specific pharmacological agents in the treatment and management mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period;
– Evaluate the role of specific psychological interventions in the treatment and management of mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period;
– Evaluate the role of specific service-delivery systems and service-level interventions in the management of mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period;
– To provide best-practice advice on the care of women with a mental health problem in pregnancy or the postnatal period through the different phases of illness, including the initiation of treatment, the treatment of acute episodes and the promotion of recovery;
– Consider economic aspects of various standard treatments of mental health problems in pregnancy and the postnatal period;
– Promote the implementation of best clinical practice through the development of recommendations tailored to the requirements of the NHS in England and Wales;

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