A Professional Development Workshop to Facilitate Self-Forgiveness.

Background: Evidence suggests that forgiving one's self, others, and events improves relationships and self-esteem; reduces anxiety, depression, and stress; lowers blood pressure; improves cardiovascular health; and boosts immune function.

Objective: We determined the efficacy of a workshop to facilitate forgiveness in medical education professionals.

Methods: A 1-hour self-forgiveness workshop conducted by 4 facilitators was presented at a medical education conference in 2018.

The Contribution of Untreated and Treated Anxiety and Depression to Prenatal, Intrapartum, and Neonatal Outcomes.

 To determine independent perinatal associations of anxiety and depression in women who were and were not treated with psychotropic drugs in comparison to unaffected pregnancies.  From 2013 to 2014, 978 (6.3%) cases of anxiety/depression, of which 35% used psychotropic drugs, were compared with 14,514 (93.