Wayne State University School of Medicine

Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Chairman's Grand Rounds

Date: Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022

Time: 1-2pm

Venue: Zoom Conference

Speaker:

Anita H. Clayton, M.D.

David C. Wilson Professor and Chair

Dept. of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences

Professor of Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology

University of Virginia School of Medicine

Charlottesville, Virginia

TOPIC:

"Premenstrual, Perinatal, and Perimenopausal

Hormonally-Mediated Depressive Disorders"

Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, learners should be able to:

1.  Articulate the criteria for diagnosis of PMDD and options for treatment. 

2.  Screen for perinatal depression with the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), describe the prevalence of depression in pregnancy and postpartum and discuss management considerations related to pregnancy and breastfeeding.

3.  Utilize neuroactive steroid GABA-A receptor-positive allosteric modulators in the treatment of postpartum depression. 

4.  Explain the factors important in the identification and treatment of perimenopausal depression.