Perinatal Mental Health Care for Women With Severe Mental Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India—Challenges and Potential Solutions Based on Two Case Reports
| Autor: | M. Thomas Kishore, Harish Thippeswamy, Sundarnag Ganjekar, Prabha S. Chandra, Sachin Nagendrappa, Naveen Manohar Pai, Kimneihat Vaiphei, Geetha Desai, Pratibha Vinod |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Women. Feminism challenges Unit (housing) Global Women's Health 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine virtual care severe mental illness Health care Pandemic medicine Childbirth perinatal mental health 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry business.industry COVID-19 HQ1101-2030.7 Gynecology and obstetrics medicine.disease Mental illness 030227 psychiatry RG1-991 Mental health care Postpartum psychosis business Community Case Study |
| Zdroj: | Frontiers in Global Women's Health Frontiers in Global Women's Health, Vol 2 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2673-5059 |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fgwh.2021.648429 |
| Popis: | The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in India has created several challenges in the care of women with perinatal mental illness. Access to healthcare has been disrupted by lockdowns, travel restrictions, and the unavailability of outpatient services. This report aims to discuss the challenges faced by women with severe mental illnesses during the perinatal period with the help of two case reports. Accordingly, we have highlighted the role of COVID-19 infection as a traumatic event during childbirth and its role in triggering a psychotic episode in women with vulnerabilities; difficulties faced by women with postpartum psychosis in accessing perinatal psychiatry services; and the challenges of admission into an inpatient Mother-Baby Unit (MBU). Further, we have discussed potential solutions from the perspectives of Lower and Middle-income (LAMI) countries that need to be extended beyond the pandemic. They include offering video consultations, reviewing hospital policies, and evolving strategies to mitigate traumatic experiences for pregnant and postpartum women with severe mental illnesses in both obstetric and psychiatric care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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