Perceptions and Utilization of Strength Training and Conditioning in Collegiate Contemporary and Ballet Dancers: A Qualitative Approach.

Aims: Research demonstrates that dancers benefit from reduced injury risk and improved health by engaging in strength training and conditioning (STC). Historic bias within the discipline of dance, however, establishes a long-standing stigma that gains in muscle mass and strength lessen a dancer's aesthetic appearance, and thus many dancers rebuff STC as a supplement to dance training. However, there is growing evidence that dancers and dance educators are beginning to under¬stand the importance of additional resistance training and cardiovascular conditioning.

Attendance at Mental Health Appointments by Women Who Were Referred During Pregnancy or the Postpartum Period.

Objective: To describe characteristics of women referred to mental health care during pregnancy or the year after giving birth and to identify characteristics associated with attendance at mental health intake visits.

Design: Retrospective record review of referral documentation.

Setting: Women's health practices and perinatal mental health clinics in urban areas.

Characteristics of women who do not seek prenatal care and implications for prevention.

Objectives: To describe characteristics of women without prenatal care and their reasons for not seeking prenatal care.

Design: Retrospective record review.

Setting: Urban, academic medical center.

Disposition and health outcomes among infants born to mothers with no prenatal care.

Objective: This study assessed infant disposition and health outcomes among offspring born to mothers without prenatal care, based on maternal characteristics and the reason for lack of prenatal care (i.e., denial of pregnancy, concealment of pregnancy, primary substance use, financial barriers and multiparity).

Characteristics of women who deny or conceal pregnancy.

In order to assess characteristics of women with denial or concealment of pregnancy until delivery, the authors conducted a retrospective study of women with no history of prenatal care who presented to their institution for delivery or immediately postpartum. Among these women, 29% had denied pregnancy, and 9% had concealed pregnancy. Authors constructed models predicting denial or concealment of pregnancy and further elucidated subtypes of denial and concealment of pregnancy.

Treatment of perinatal delusional disorder: a case report.

This article is a report on a complicated case of delusional disorder in pregnancy and lactation, and effective multidisciplinary treatment. Few reports in the literature concern delusional disorder in pregnancy, or regard olanzapine's safety in pregnancy and lactation. A gravid woman in her third trimester merited twin diagnoses of delusional disorder and borderline personality disorder, and was successfully treated with olanzapine and psychotherapy during pregnancy and lactation.

Estrogen modulates developmentally regulated gene expression in the fetal baboon liver.

Although estrogen plays a central integrative role in regulating key aspects of placental and fetal endocrine development in the primate, our understanding of the regulation of maturation of the fetal liver is incomplete. In adults, estrogen modulates several aspects of hepatic function. Therefore, the current study determined whether fetal hepatic gene expression development was modulated by estrogen.

Mental illness and menopause: a patient and family perspective.

Background: Menopause is a significant biological event in the life of every woman, including women with mental disorders. This brief report describes the results of a survey of 39 patients with mental illness and their family members regarding perceived effects of menopause on mental illness.

Methods: The survey was distributed to participants attending a National Alliance for the Mentally Ill educational presentation on menopause and mental health.