Topic: Perinatal Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
This unit covers the epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder in pregnancy and postpartum. Self-study segments include information about risk factors, polypharmacy, and the co-morbidity with autoimmune illness. There is one classroom session that is quite long and may require more than 60 minutes to complete. The media module concerns media portrayals of OCD and of thoughts of infant harm.
The recommended order of modules is:
Self-Study: OCD Risk Factors
Self-Study: Autoimmune
Classroom: OCD Progressive Case
Self-Study: Challenges of Polypharmacy
Media Conference
This module was last updated in January 2022.
Objectives
Self-Study
Classroom
This module examines the epidemiology, risk factors, and etiology of antenatal and postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Learners will also be introduced to the screening and diagnosis of perinatal OCD, will learn about the impact of OCD (including obstetric and psychiatric outcomes), and will understand the unique vulnerability of the postpartum period.
Video Links
This module focuses on the reading and interpretation of the perinatal literature, in both professional and lay media. Learners will demonstrate the ability to analyze reproductive psychiatry issues as portrayed by the lay media, how to locate and analyze the scientific literature relevant to the issues raised by the lay media, and how to convey the patients accurate and clinical relevant information about “hot topics” in the lay media.