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Prenatal Depression: Best Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment
Author(s) -
Choate Laura H.,
Gintner Gary G.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2011.tb00102.x
Subject(s) - best practice , depression (economics) , clinical practice , psychiatry , medicine , psychology , psychotherapist , family medicine , management , economics , macroeconomics
The purpose of this article is to provide counselors with an overview of best practices for the treatment of women who experience prenatal depression (PND). The authors first discuss issues in the screening and diagnosis of PND. Next, the 2 most common treatments, antidepressants and psychotherapy, are reviewed and discussed in relation to current best practice guidelines. Guidelines for counselors' roles in treatment and advocacy are also provided.