MDD Proposal Essay

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Introduction
Mental disorders during pregnancy pose a risk on both the mother and unborn child. Due to the ethical dilemma of pharmaceutical clinical trial studies during pregnancy there is a lack of literature on this topic. It is a complex task to create a treatment plan where the benefits outweigh the risks, for both the mother and unborn child. There is a growing body of studies on complementary and alternative treatments (or non-pharmacological) for the treatment of mental disorders during pregnancy. This systematic review and multiple treatment meta-analysis was selected to explore non-pharmacological interventions to treat mental disorders during pregnancy.
Design Approach
The research paper is a systematic review of antepartum mental disorder (AMD) and nonpharmacological interventions. The databases that were searched by two independent reviewers were MedLine, PsycINFO and Embase. The search was for clinical trials for treatment of women with AMD; including major depressive (MDD), anxiety, psychotic, eating, somatoform and …show more content…

Medium sized reduction of depressive symptoms were found for body-oriented interventions and acupuncture. Research on a wider range of AMD treatments is needed. Only two qualified studies were found on acupuncture, more studies on acupuncture for AMD are needed to expand the evidence and literature. Due to positive results with cognitive behavioral therapy and acupuncture it would be interesting to have a clinical trial using the two therapies combined. In the field of mental disorders during pregnancy most of the attention is on depression. It is imperative to research the other mental disorders during pregnancy. This review of research is an extensive overview of many different beneficial therapies for AMD and many topic points to further

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