Main description:

Biomarkers of Postpartum Psychiatric Disorders provides an up-to-date reference on the current research relating to biomarkers in psychiatric disorders, including major depressive disorder, OCD and bipolar disorder in the immediate postpartum time-period. It is the only reference on the market that synthesizes and interprets available data and reviews clinical phenotypes. Topics cover hormonal contributions, immunology, epigenetics and neuroimaging. While the risk of psychiatric illness during pregnancy appears to be equivalent to the risk at any other time in a woman's life, the risk in the immediate postpartum time period is dramatically increased, hence the importance of the discussions in this title.

Contents:

SECTION 1: POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION 1. Clinical Phenotypes of Peripartum Depression and Time of Onset 2. Genetic Basis for Postpartum Depression 3. Epigenetic Biomarkers of Postpartum Depression 4. Hormonal Biomarkers of Postpartum Depression 5. Immunological Biomarkers of Postpartum Depression 6. Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Postpartum Depression

SECTION 2: POSTPARTUM OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) 7. Clinical Phenotypes of Postpartum OCD 8. Genetic Basis for Postpartum OCD 9. Hormonal Biomarkers of Postpartum OCD 10. Immunological Biomarkers of Postpartum OCD

SECTION 3: POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS 11. Clinical Phenotypes of Postpartum Psychosis 12. Genetic Basis for Postpartum Psychosis 13. Hormonal Biomarkers of Postpartum Psychosis 14. Immunological Biomarkers of Postpartum Psychosis