6/15/2023 Grand Rounds

Kimberly Ann Yonkers, MD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine;
Katz Family Endowed Chair, Professor and Chair of Psychiatry,
UMass Memorial Health and UMass Chan Medical School

Providing mental health treatment to a person during their pregnancy can present unique challenges. In this presentation, Dr. Yonkers will review some of these challenges. She will review the principles of managing this population during their pregnancy, including psychopharmacological treatment. Additionally, she will discuss the association between common psychiatric conditions, pharmacological treatment and some adverse birth outcomes. In closing, Dr. Yonkers will review some of the new treatments for people in the postpartum period.

Learning Objectives:

1. Discuss the principles of managing pregnant individuals with common psychiatric conditions.

2. Discuss the risks of antidepressant treatment in pregnancy.

3. Describe new postpartum treatments.