This multimedia course teaches you about the diagnosis and treatment of mood disorders during pregnancy, postpartum, and breastfeeding. It is designed to provide practical, evidence-based strategies that you can apply in your practice.

Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:

Course Description
Module 1 - Depression During Pregnancy - 1 hour
In this module, you will learn to identify risk factors for depression in pregnancy, reliably screen for depression among pregnant women, weigh the risks and benefits of various treatment options for depressed pregnant women, and know how to select the most appropriate treatment.

• Post-Webinar review sheet (5-minute read)
• Expert Interview: Treatment of Depression During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding with Karen Horst, MD (13-minute read)

Module 2 - Depression During Postpartum and Breastfeeding - 1 hour
This module  covers how to identify risk factors for postpartum depression, understand and reliably diagnose postpartum depression, employ safe treatment approaches for postpartum depression, including for women who are breastfeeding, and summarize some of the current and latest research findings in the field, Materials include:

• Webinar: Management of Depression During Postpartum and Breastfeeding with Victoria Hendrick, MD (28 minutes)
• Post-Webinar review sheet (5-minute read)
• Review Article: Diagnosing and Treating Postpartum Depression by Amanda Koire, MD, PhD (13-minute read)
• Research Update: Does Vitamin B6 Prevent Postpartum Depression? by Brian Miller, MD, PhD, MPH (5-minute read)
• Research Update: Oral Zuranolone for Postpartum Depression by Michael Posternak, MD (5-minute read)

Module 3 - Bipolar Disorder During Pregnancy and Postpartum - 1 hour
This module helps you understand the course of bipolar disorder in pregnancy and the postpartum, learn the risks associated with pharmacologic treatments of bipolar disorder in pregnancy; gain an awareness of the safety of psychiatric medications when taken during breastfeeding; and summarize some of the current research findings in psychiatric treatment of bipolar disorder in pregnancy. 

• Webinar: Treatment of Bipolar Disorder in Pregnant and Postpartum Women with Victoria Hendrick, MD (39 minutes)
• Post-Webinar review sheet (5-minute read)
• Expert Interview: Treating Bipolar Disorder During Pregnancy with Lauren Osborne, MD (13-minute read)
• Review Article: Postpartum Psychosis: A Primer by Reid Mergler, MD (10-minute read)
• Research Update: Perinatal Bipolar Mood Episodes: More Prevalent Than We Thought by Jeremy Mills, DNP, PMHNP-BC (5-minute read)
• Research Update: Antipsychotics in Pregnancy and Risk of Neurodevelopmental Disorders by Sébastien Hardy, Pharm D, BCPS (5-minute read)
• Research Update: Lithium Exposure In Utero – How Bad Is It Really? by Lara Tang, MD and Victoria Hendrick, MD (5-minute read)

Module 4 - Special Considerations in Perinatal Mental Health - 23 Minutes
This text-based module covers post-abortion mental health and patients with capacity questions for pregnant patients with chronic mental health conditions. Materials include:

• Review Article: Mental Health Issues Post-Abortion by Sarah K. Rivelli, MD (10-minute read)
• Expert Interview: Capacity Considerations for Pregnant Patients with Chronic Mental Illnesses by Saba Syed, MD (13-minute read)

Module 5 - Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy - 1 hour
This text-based module covers substance use disorders in pregnancy. It includes:

• Expert Interview: The Pregnant Patient with Substance Use Disorder with Ariadna Forray, MD (13-minute read)
• Expert Interview: Addiction, Pregnancy, and the Legal System with Elisabeth Johnson, PhD, FNP-BC, CARN-AP, LCAS (13-minute read)
• Review Article: Breastfeeding and Addiction by Pochu Ho, MD (10-minute read)
• Research Update: Perinatal MOUD Use and Infant Discharge to Biological Parents by Destiny Pegram, MD (5-minute read)
• Research Update: Pregnancy Outcomes in OUD by Gregory Nikogosyan, DO (5-minute read)
• Research Update: Buprenorphine Versus Methadone for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy by Richard Moldawsky, MD (5-minute read)
• Research Update: Interventions for CUD in Pregnancy (5-minute read)

Module 6 - Brief fact sheets and clinical tools - 10 Minutes
This module provides a set of useful fact sheets and clinical tools related to pregnancy and postpartum patients.

• The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale 
• Fact Sheet: Breastfeeding and Psych Meds
• Fact Sheet: Depression in Pregnancy
• Fact Sheet: Postpartum Depression
• Fact Sheet: Postpartum Psychosis

Total Time: 4.5 hours 

Instructors: 

CME Credit:  4.5

CE Credit: 4.5

Fees: $59.95 

Refund and Cancellation Policy: Purchasers and subscribers may cancel at any time for a full refund if not completely satisfied.

Instructions for requesting accessibility accommodations:
If you need assistance accessing the course materials, please contact us using the contact form https://www.thecarlatreport.com/contact-us

Course completion requirements:
To earn credit, doctors, nurses, and social workers must purchase the course, read the material, and complete the post-test (with a passing score of 80%) and complete the course evaluation. Post-tests may be retaken.

When and how certificates are issued: Certificates of completion will be emailed upon course completion.

Contact information for questions or concerns: For questions, concerns, or to request special accommodations, please email carlat@thecarlatreport.com or call 866-348-9279.

CME Accreditation: The Carlat CME Institute is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Carlat CME Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content. 

Complete ACE approval statement 
The Carlat CME Institute, [Provider #1908], is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: April 30, 2024 – April 30, 2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 general continuing education credit.