What Can Happen When Postpartum Anxiety Progresses to Psychosis? A Case Study.

This case report describes a primipara without documented psychiatric history prior to complicated delivery. Onset of severe insomnia and anxiety was right after childbirth but not treated. Obsessive thinking pattern became more prominent.

Aripiprazole combined with other psychotropic drugs in pregnancy: two case reports.

Maternal exposure to second generation antipsychotics during pregnancy has been associated with some negative effects for both mothers and infants. Aripiprazole is becoming more readily used, although data regarding its use in pregnancy are limited. Additionally there are limited data with regards to the impact of polypharmacy on pregnancy outcomes.

Now what? Effects of on-site assessment on treatment entry after perinatal depression screening.

Background: Depression is a frequent accompaniment of the perinatal period. Although screening improves detection of perinatal depression, it does not in itself improve mental health treatment entry and, therefore, does not improve outcomes. This study addresses the feasibility of incorporating diagnostic assessment for depression directly into perinatal care visits and the influence of doing so on entry into mental health treatment.

The combined effects of N-type calcium channel blockers and morphine on A delta versus C fiber mediated nociception.

Unlabelled: Intrathecal mu opiates produce analgesia presynaptically by inhibiting calcium ion influx and postsynaptically by increasing potassium flux. Mu receptors are expressed on presynaptic terminals of unmyelinated (C), but not myelinated (A delta) nociceptors. Thus, mu-opioids such as morphine may act presynaptically to inhibit C, but not A delta, neurotransmission, and postsynaptically on dorsal horn cells that receive input from A delta and/or C fiber nociceptors.

Differential antinociceptive effects of spinal opioids on foot withdrawal responses evoked by C fibre or A delta nociceptor activation.

1. Intrathecal application of mu, delta, and kappa opioids attenuate responses on several tests of animal nociception. However, the potency of these opioids differ depending on which tests were used.