Issue 2 2022 | The Nordic Psychiatrist

Issue 2 2022: Perinatal mental health

Editorials - Historical aspects - Education - A week in psychiatry - Culture - Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Editorials

Editor word: Issue 2 2022

The title of this issue, Perinatal health, refers to the first 1001 days of a human being, namely from conception until a child is two...

Ramunė Mazaliauskienė

Word from NPA: Issue 2 2022

When I think about what to talk about in the introduction to this new issue of Nordic Psychiatrist, the first thought that comes to mind...

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

June - December of 2022

The Nordic Psychiatrist is published by the Nordic Psychiatric Associations (NPA). The NPA consists of the following national associations:

Perinatal menthal health

Main theme: Perinatal mental health

How can Nordic data sources contribute to existing evidence on perinatal mental health?

Malin Eberhard-Gran

How can Nordic data sources contribute to existing evidence on perinatal mental health?

Perinatal mental health is an umbrella term that encompasses various disorders, such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive...

Margareta Reis

Perinatal psychopharmacology

The present article will briefly discuss pharmacokinetic changes during pregnancy. Furthermore, a short presentation focused on treatment...

Hanne Clausen

Mood disorders in mothers

Mood disorders may occur during pregnancy or in the first year after childbirth, as in any other phase of life. The underlying mechanisms...

Cultural & other aspects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention & identification in Lithuania

Eglė Žilinskienė

Cultural & other aspects of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder prevention & identification in Lithuania

Fetal alcohol syndrome is the topic that is much discussed in many countries, and in Lithuania, as well. The incorrect prejudices that...

Post-partum depression and how to prevent it

Marianne Kastrup

Post-partum depression and how to prevent it

Interview with Poul Videbech, professor, dr. med.

Páll Matthíasson

The importance of perinatal psychiatry

Interview with Professor Carmine Pariante.

The shadow of perinatal illness on the developing child

Anna María Jónsdóttir

The shadow of perinatal illness on the developing child

Perinatal psychiatry is an area of growing interest and importance within psychiatry. It has to do with the mental health of parents...

Maris Taube

Psychotropics and perinatal period

The question about the use and about correct and safe use of psychotropic medication during the pregnancy is crucial in care of mothers...

Cristine Esbensen

Mother and baby units

Pregnancy - and the postpartum period is a vulnerable time. Around 1 in 5 pregnant women will have a mental health problem during their...

Marie Bendix

Clinical work with mothers and babies

A description of the perinatal psychiatric work in a consultation-liaison psychiatric department in Sweden.

Mamma Mia – tailored online support in the transition to motherhood

Silje Marie Haga

Mamma Mia – tailored online support in the transition to motherhood

Becoming a mother is a huge transition in a woman’s life, and pregnancy and the postpartum period is characterized by emotional...

An interview with Alkistis Skalkidou, president of The Nordic Marcé Society

Anne Kristine Bergem

An interview with Alkistis Skalkidou, president of The Nordic Marcé Society

As a young woman, Alistis Skalkidou spent the last two years of high school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then returned to Greece...

Brain not included: how Norway’s birth care leaves Perinatal Mental Health in the dark

Mette Schjelderup

Brain not included: how Norway’s birth care leaves Perinatal Mental Health in the dark

In 2016 I accidentally fell into a black hole. I was 29 years old, healthy and happy. My husband and I were trotting up and down the...

Being a father when the mother has mental health challenges

Jon Frydenborg

Being a father when the mother has mental health challenges

I have learned a lot and acquired knowledge I would not have been without, but the price I have paid has been high. What can we learn...

Do we need a Nordic Alliance for perinatal mental health?

Tiina Riekki

Do we need a Nordic Alliance for perinatal mental health?

About one in five mothers and one in ten fathers has mental health problems during the perinatal period, that is the first 1001 days of...

Parental mental illness and early years of life

Aja Neergaard Greve

Parental mental illness and early years of life

Results from a cohort of offspring of parents with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

Maternal infanticide: evolutionary psychological perspective

Vibeke Kennair Ottesen

Maternal infanticide: evolutionary psychological perspective

esearchers and practitioners from a variety of fields grapple with understanding maternal infanticide. As current cultures construct...

Eeva-Leena Kataja

Pregnancy-related anxiety

Pregnancy is a significant transitional period in a woman’s life bringing about numerous physical, physiological, social, and...

Experience of pregnancy and delivery among women with mental disorders

Olga Kazakova

Experience of pregnancy and delivery among women with mental disorders

How is it to be a mother if you have a mental disorder? What challenges can one meet? In this article we discuss existing data about the...

Marianne Kastrup

Infant psychiatry and how it developed

Interview with Mala Moszkowicz, MD, specialist in child and adolescent psychiatry.

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Historical aspects

Hans-Peter Mofors

The Nordic Psychiatrist turns ten!

Did you know that Nordic psychiatric collaboration is very old? It dates back 1906, at that time it was named The Scandinavian...

Education

Perinatal mental health training in Norway

Gro Vatne Brean

Perinatal mental health training in Norway

Working with perinatal mental health requires specialized knowledge about both adults and babies, as well as the interaction between them...

A week in psychiatry

Erika Jääskeläinen

A week in psychiatry with Erika Jääskeläinen

This time, Erika Jääskeläinen gladly agreed to describe her work week. This was one week of her life in November of 2022.

Culture

Pia Glyngdal

Bipolar maternal depression portrayed in a movie

In the Danish movie “Sorrow and Joy” directed by Niels Malmros (2013), a woman becomes depressed after giving birth to a daughter. In the...

Bipolar maternal depression portrayed in a movie

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Martin Balslev Jorgensen

Highlights from the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry (June - December of 2022)

The Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, formerly “Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift”, is an international journal that publishes excellent...

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Contents of Issue 2 2022:

Editorials - Perinatal mental health - Historical aspects - Education - A week in psychiatry - Culture - Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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Editorials - Historical aspects - Education - A week in psychiatry - Culture - Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

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