Quick answer: Women's mental health care at SLS Psychiatry focuses on mood and anxiety symptoms across reproductive life stages — including pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause. The CDC estimates about 1 in 8 women who recently gave birth experience symptoms of postpartum depression. Care includes evaluation and medication management with careful attention to risks and benefits during pregnancy and lactation.
Women's mental health involves unique considerations, particularly during reproductive transitions such as pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause, when hormonal and psychosocial shifts can affect mood, sleep, and anxiety.
We provide specialized evaluation and management of mood and anxiety symptoms related to reproductive life stages and hormonal transitions, with careful attention to safety considerations.
Careful medication management balancing risks and benefits during pregnancy or lactation, coordination with OB-GYN providers when appropriate, and psychoeducation regarding hormonal influences on mood and sleep.
If you are experiencing mood or anxiety symptoms during pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, or other significant hormonal transitions.
The CDC estimates that about 1 in 8 women who recently gave birth experience symptoms of postpartum depression.
The safety profile depends on the specific medication, the trimester, and the clinical situation. We discuss benefits and risks individually and coordinate with OB-GYN providers when needed.
Brief mood changes (often called the 'baby blues') typically resolve within two weeks. If sadness, anxiety, or intrusive thoughts persist or worsen beyond two weeks, request an evaluation.
Yes. We evaluate and manage mood and anxiety symptoms that emerge or worsen during perimenopause, in coordination with the patient's primary care or OB-GYN provider when appropriate.