Category Archives: Women’s Health

Use in Pregnancy Ratings for Psychiatric Medications

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Roy Stefanik

The FDA uses category labeling to indicate the level of safety for various medications used in women who are pregnant. The use-in-pregnancy ratings are a way of establishing guidelines for recommending which medications have been determined to be relatively safe … Read More »

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Abusive Relationships II

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Roy Stefanik

The following is a continuation of an interview with Dr. Roy Stefanik and hercampus.com. Hercampus is a website that is dedicated to college women. This interview focuses on the “why and how” of getting out of an abusive relationship. Fairfax … Read More »

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Abusive Relationships I

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Roy Stefanik

The following is an interview with Dr. Roy Stefanik and hercampus.com. Hercampus is a website that is dedicated to college women. This interview focuses on the “why and what” of being in an abusive relationship. Fairfax Mental Health strongly encourages … Read More »

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Treatment of Postpartum Depression

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Beverly Reader, MD

There are various treatments available for postpartum depression. Medications used include antidepressants and anxioytics (meds used to help treat anxiety).   The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI’s) such as fluoxetine (Prozac) or sertraline (Zoloft) tend to be among the most common … Read More »

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Postpartum Psychosis

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Beverly Reader, MD

Even rarer than postpartum depression is postpartum psychosis. This is considered to be a psychiatric emergency that only 0.1-0.2% of women will suffer from it, following delivery. It is likely that this psychosis stems from a form of bipolar disorder.  … Read More »

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Incidence of Postpartum Depression

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Beverly Reader, MD

After childbirth 40-80% of women experience postpartum blues (also known as the baby blues). This will start days after delivery and resolves within 2 weeks.  Some of the symptoms of the baby blues are mild but often rapid mood swings, … Read More »

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Antidepressants and Pregnancy

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Roy Stefanik

Depressive symptoms can affect up to 20% of pregnant women, and the use of a certain class of antidepressants called selective serotonin uptake inhibitors (SSRI’s) during pregnancy is becoming more common (perhaps as many as 3 to 6% of pregnant … Read More »

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