[Actual care and funding situation with regard to mother-child units for psychic disorders associated with pregnancy in Germany].

Unlabelled: CONCERN: The current care and financial situation of mother-child units for psychic disorders associated with pregnancies in Germany should be documented in preparation for the development of the new reimbursement system for psychiatry and psychosomatics.

Method: In accordance with the last survey of 2005, a brief questionnaire was developed and a nationwide poll was conducted.

Results: The survey revealed severe (10 fold) service deficits for severely and gravely mentally ill mothers, who require an inpatient treatment with specific professional competence.

[Perinatal prevention network for mentally burdened and adolescent mothers].

Psychiatric disorder in pregnancy and after child birth as well as psychological distress are well known factors that put child wellbeing at risk. They are, however, often estimated as less frequent and less severe then they occur. Postpartum psychiatric disorder meets mothers of all social classes, they are highly stigmatized, therefore often disregarded and remain undetected.

Do sex differences affect prefrontal cortex associated cognition in schizophrenia?

Unlabelled: Cognitive deficits in schizophrenia, especially those related to prefrontal cortex (PFC) functions, influence functional outcome. There is evidence for sex differences in cognition in schizophrenia, but the results in the literature are still controversial.

Objective: This study evaluated different modalities of working memory (WM) and executive control (EC), functions that are both associated with the PFC, between sexes in schizophrenic patients and controls.