Perinatal Therapy: Its Application and Aims

  In recent years, perinatal mental health has been reinforced in maternal and neonatal psychiatric units. This was motivated by the high incidence of disorders that are dealt with in these environments. The early postnatal period is also a time of risk for the onset of mental illness. In fact, one study found that women are more likely to have a psychiatric hospitalization one month after giving birth than before pregnancy. Postnatal admission of women is high both in those with and without an existing psychiatric condition. However, this incidence is higher in those with a mood disorder (Munk-Olsen, et…