Professional Websites (All Resources are Free)

For all prescribers in the State of Washington, you may seek free perinatal consultation from an expert in prescribing psychotropic medication to perinatal women by calling 206-685-2924.

Recommendations for Screening for PMADs for pediatricians

http://www.sdbp.org/webinar/pmad_webinar.cfm

For the family practice providers, please click here for the Postpartum Depression Toolkit.

For pediatricians, please click here for the Colorado Postpartum Pediatric Screening Toolkit and here for the Clinical Report on Incorporating Recognition and Management of Perinatal and Postpartum Depression Into Pediatric Practice .

For obstetric providers, please click here  ACOG District II Perinatal Depression Screening Toolkit

For assessing suicide risk, see this article by Karen Kleiman in Psychology Today

For guidelines on medication,  visit mothertobaby.org

Perinatal screening recommendations from ACOG:  http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Obstetric-Practice/Screening-for-Perinatal-Depression

Scientific Papers and Handouts on Perinatal Issues Including Medications during the Perinatal Period:  

http://www.uppitysciencechick.com/New-Stuff.html

For evidence-based birth information: evidencebasedbirth.com

Birth Plans and all thing birth: https://www.motherboardbirth.com/

https://safehealthcareforeverywoman.org/

Screenings

Postpartum Depression Scale:

http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/pediatrics/downloads/edinburghscale.pd

Perinatal Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Questionnaire (PPQ)

http://www.neonatenurses.com/includes/perinatal_posttraumatic_stress_disorder_questionnaire.pdf

Self Assessment of Maternal Distress After a Difficult Birth

http://www.angelfire.com/moon2/jkluchar1995/Docs/Self_Assmt_After_Difficult_Birth.pdf

Lifestyle Effects Screening

https://safehealthcareforeverywoman.org/ (go to after birth and then hospitalization)

Professional Books on Postpartum Mood Disorders

• Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and the Postpartum: Principles and Treatment (Current Clinical Practice)
  by Victoria Hendrick (Editor)
   

• Mood and Anxiety Disorders During Pregnancy and Postpartum: Review of Psychiatry
  by Lee S. Cohen
   

• Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: A Guide
  by Cheryl Tatano Beck, Jeanne Watson Driscoll
   

• Perinatal & Postpartum Mood Disorders: Perspectives and Treatment Guide for the Health Care Practitioner
  by Susan Dowd Stone, Alexis E. Menken (editors)
   

• Therapy and the Postpartum Woman: Notes on Healing Postpartum Depression for Clinicians and the Women Who Seek their Help
  by Karen Kleiman 

Medication

• When Words Are Not Enough: The women's prescription for depression and anxiety
  by Valerie Raskin
   

• Medications and Mother’s Milk: A Manual of Lactational Pharmacology
  by Thomas Hale

   

  General books and books for patients can be accessed by going to the resource page.