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Overview
Overview
Many healthcare practitioners are probably unaware of the epidemiological and clinical aspects of psychiatric disorders that may occur during the puerperium. However, they need to be able to distinguish among these disorders so mothers can receive appropriate treatment options. Although major postpartum depression (PPD) affects many new mothers, its signs and symptoms are often confused with time-limiting postpartum blues or “baby blues,” which occur in about half of women who have recently had a baby. Beyond the tragedy of maternal suicide or infanticide reported in the news media, the impact on maternal-child interactions can result in behavioral and cognitive disorders in the infant. 

 

Goals and Outcomes
Goals and Learning Outcomes
The goal of this continuing education module is to update healthcare professionals’ knowledge about how to recognize and intervene with a mother who has a postpartum psychiatric disorder. After studying the information presented here, you will be able to: 
  • Describe the differences between postpartum blues, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, and psychosis 
  • Identify five signs or symptoms of postpartum depression 
  • List four interventions and three treatments for a mother with postpartum depression
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Course Details

CE72-60NT

Course Author

Kimberly Rosenbaum

MSN RNC-OB IBCLC

Accreditations
Accreditations

NURSES
In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

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Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Examiners For Registered Professional Nurses
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Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.