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N L Stotland

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed1999

Depression in women.

UNLABELLED: Depression is a common and serious psychiatric disorder, more common in women than in men. It can be triggered by abrupt hormonal changes, life events, or nothing at all. It causes enormous debility and significant mortality, and it costs the American economy hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Depression can be readily diagnosed and treated, but, more often than not, it is neither diagnosed nor effectively treated in the primary care setting. The stigma of mental illness and misconceptions about depression in particular, hinder recognition. The signs and symptoms of clinical depression as outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, are valid and reliable. Both psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic treatments are effective. The obstetrician/gynecologist plays a crucial role in identifying depression, helping the patient, and sometimes her family, to understand the nature of the problem, suggesting treatment, and facilitating either referral or treatment within the Ob-Gyn setting. TARGET AUDIENCE: Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Family Physicians LEARNING OBJECTIVES: After completion of this article, the reader will be able to understand the stigmata and misconceptions associated with a depression, to be aware of the various etiologies of depression and typical and atypical presentations, as well as the various management strategies for depression, and have a better understanding of which patients should be referred.

Depression, Postpartum↗
PubMed1998

Psychiatry, the law, and public affairs.

The law is a public affair. The involvement of psychiatrists and psychiatry in legal and judicial proceedings themselves, not to mention the ever-increasing media commentary, is an opportunity to educate the public, but it also entails the very real risk of compounding public misinformation and misgivings about our field. The American Psychiatric Association has both a professional staff Division of Public Affairs and a membership component, the Joint Commission on Public Affairs. Staff and members field queries from the public and the media, plan educational campaigns in collaboration with advocacy organizations, prepare and distribute fact sheets, media kits, and issue kits for members, brochures for the lay reader, booklets for important audiences including clergy, educators, and legislators, and many other resources. Given their critical influence on the lay-person's image and understanding of psychiatry, the participation of forensic psychiatrists in the public affairs activities of our major professional organization is not only welcome, but vital.

Forensic Psychiatry↗
PubMed1996

Conceptions and misconceptions. Decisions about pregnancy.

Induced abortion has been practiced in every known society and in every era of history. Psychological concomitants of abortion are as much a product of the social and interpersonal context as of the process itself. Though abortion results in the loss of a potential human life, it is not associated with significant psychiatric morbidity, and, in fact, represents for many women--and men--a significant milestone in which they assume responsibility for the direction of their lives for the first time. However, assertions that abortion is psychologically damaging have characterized much of the recent bitter debate over the legality and availability of abortion. It is important that mental health professionals are knowledgeable about the subject of abortion so that they can discuss policy with their patients.

Abortion, Induced↗