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Littell JH, Abel KM, Biggs MA, Blum RW, Foster DG, Haddad LB, Major B, Munk-Olsen T, Polis CB, Robinson GE, Rocca CH, Russo NF, Steinberg JR, Stewart DE, Stotland NL, Upadhyay UD, van Ditzhuijzen J. Correcting the scientific record on abortion and mental health outcomes. BMJ 2024; 384:e076518. [PMID: 38413135 DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
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- Julia H Littell
- Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA
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- Centre for Women's Mental Health, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
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- Department of Clinical Research (Research Unit for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- The National Center for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Departments of Psychiatry, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine, Surgery, Anesthesiology, Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush Medical Center, Rush University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Interdisciplinary Social Science: Social Policy and Public Health, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Stotland NL. Reproductive Rights and Women's Mental Health. Psychiatr Clin North Am 2023; 46:607-619. [PMID: 37500254 DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2023.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Reproductive rights, including access to comprehensive reproductive health care, are essential to the well-being of women and society. The Dobbs decision of the US Supreme Court has greatly exacerbated the confusion, the stress, and the loss of services. Psychiatrists need to know and communicate the strong scientific evidence of the advantages of sex education, contraception, abortion, and bodily autonomy and to help patients process their feelings and make informed decisions about their own care.
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Stotland NL. Update on Reproductive Rights and Women's Mental Health. Med Clin North Am 2019; 103:751-766. [PMID: 31078205 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2019.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Reproductive rights are essential to the recognition/treatment of women as full-fledged human beings/citizens. Barriers to reproductive rights pose a grave danger to women's well-being. This article explores the origins of these barriers, their nature, and their impact on mental health. The most controversial relationship is between induced abortion and mental health. Barriers, misinformation, and coercion affecting contraceptive, abortion, and pregnancy care are an ongoing danger to women's mental health and the well-being of their families. Mental health professionals are best qualified, and have an obligation, to know the facts, apply them, and provide accurate information to protect women's health.
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- Nada Logan Stotland
- Department of Psychiatry, Rush University, 5511 South Kenwood Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637-1713, USA.
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Stotland NL. Psychological implications of recent developments in peripartum care. Adv Psychosom Med 2015; 12:91-104. [PMID: 4013883 DOI: 10.1159/000410490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The experience of menopause, and the ramifications of that experience for psychiatric treatment, is significantly shaped by social and historical context and by the implicit and explicit expectations they arouse in women. American society is heavily youth-oriented. Although in fact many women experience this time as one of liberation and self-actualization, society views them as bereft of their families and devoid of sexual interest. Their expectations for their social roles at this time of life may not comport with those of their children. The emphasis on hormone treatment, incorrectly termed "replacement," has exacerbated women's fears of aging.
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- N L Stotland
- Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics/Gynecology, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL 60637-1713, USA.
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Infertility, treatment with reproductive technologies, and abortion are among the most emotionally weighty and philosophically contentious experiences in most patients' lives. They involve the most intimate body parts and behaviors and the most heartfelt hopes and profound disappointments. They can strain relationships with partners, relatives, and friends. The primary care practitioner who is informed about the psychological impact of these experiences can play an essential role in interpreting medical information; helping patients think through their own values, resources, and options; facilitating communication between members of a couple and with their friends and family; providing emotional support; and identifying and treating psychiatric disorders that sometimes occur before, during, or after these experiences.
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- Nada Logan Stotland
- Department of Psychiatry, North Side Health Network, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
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Stotland NL. When your patient needs mental health care. Prim Care Update Ob Gyns 2000; 7:192-196. [PMID: 11025270 DOI: 10.1016/s1068-607x(00)00045-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Whether as primary care, specialty, or subspecialty physicians, obstetrician/gynecologists encounter many patients with mental health problems. Although fortunately, the stigma of mental illnesses and treatments has somewhat decreased and the accuracy of diagnosis and efficacy of care have increased, it has unfortunately become more complicated for patients to access that care. There are more and more mental health practitioners and disciplines, making it difficult for the referring ob/gyn and the patient to identify which sort of professional they need. There is an increasing array of third-party payer arrangements, each of which has constantly changing rules and procedures. This article illustrates some typical cases and summarizes some commonsense approaches. Its purpose is to help the busy practitioner connect patients with the care they need.
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- NL Stotland
- Rush University Medical School, Chicago Illinois, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60657, USA
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UNLABELLED Depression is a common and serious psychiatric disorder, more common in women than in men. It can be triggered by abrupt hormonal changes, life events, or nothing at all. It causes enormous debility and significant mortality, and it costs the American economy hundreds of millions of dollars a year. Depression can be readily diagnosed and treated, but, more often than not, it is neither diagnosed nor effectively treated in the primary care setting. The stigma of mental illness and misconceptions about depression in particular, hinder recognition. The signs and symptoms of clinical depression as outlined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, are valid and reliable. Both psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic treatments are effective. The obstetrician/gynecologist plays a crucial role in identifying depression, helping the patient, and sometimes her family, to understand the nature of the problem, suggesting treatment, and facilitating either referral or treatment within the Ob-Gyn setting. TARGET AUDIENCE Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Family Physicians LEARNING OBJECTIVES After completion of this article, the reader will be able to understand the stigmata and misconceptions associated with a depression, to be aware of the various etiologies of depression and typical and atypical presentations, as well as the various management strategies for depression, and have a better understanding of which patients should be referred.
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- N L Stotland
- Rush University Medical College, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- N L Stotland
- Department of Psychiatry, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago 60657-5193, USA
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Stotland NL. Promotion criteria for clinician-educators. JAMA 1998; 279:116. [PMID: 9440657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Stotland NL. Psychiatry, the law, and public affairs. J Am Acad Psychiatry Law 1998; 26:281-287. [PMID: 9664264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The law is a public affair. The involvement of psychiatrists and psychiatry in legal and judicial proceedings themselves, not to mention the ever-increasing media commentary, is an opportunity to educate the public, but it also entails the very real risk of compounding public misinformation and misgivings about our field. The American Psychiatric Association has both a professional staff Division of Public Affairs and a membership component, the Joint Commission on Public Affairs. Staff and members field queries from the public and the media, plan educational campaigns in collaboration with advocacy organizations, prepare and distribute fact sheets, media kits, and issue kits for members, brochures for the lay reader, booklets for important audiences including clergy, educators, and legislators, and many other resources. Given their critical influence on the lay-person's image and understanding of psychiatry, the participation of forensic psychiatrists in the public affairs activities of our major professional organization is not only welcome, but vital.
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- N L Stotland
- Department of Psychiatry and Substance Abuse Services, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, USA
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- N L Stotland
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, IL, USA.
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Induced abortion has been practiced in every known society and in every era of history. Psychological concomitants of abortion are as much a product of the social and interpersonal context as of the process itself. Though abortion results in the loss of a potential human life, it is not associated with significant psychiatric morbidity, and, in fact, represents for many women--and men--a significant milestone in which they assume responsibility for the direction of their lives for the first time. However, assertions that abortion is psychologically damaging have characterized much of the recent bitter debate over the legality and availability of abortion. It is important that mental health professionals are knowledgeable about the subject of abortion so that they can discuss policy with their patients.
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- N L Stotland
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Stotland NL. An orientation program for new residents in obstetrics and gynecology. Obstet Gynecol 1994; 84:321. [PMID: 8080573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Stotland NL. Unconventional medicine. N Engl J Med 1993; 329:1202; author reply 1203-4. [PMID: 8377796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Stotland NL. The myth of the abortion trauma syndrome. JAMA 1992; 268:2078-9. [PMID: 1404747] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- N L Stotland
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago Medical Center, IL 60637-1470
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Medical advances in obstetrics and gynecology, combined with the depersonalization of health care and changes in sexual and reproductive behaviors in the general population, lead to challenging new problems for the psychiatric consultant who deals with reproductive issues. The author describes contemporary issues encountered in consultation-liaison work with the obstetrics and gynecology service in a general hospital. They include the reproductive implications of medical illnesses, the stress of deciding whether to continue a pregnancy known to carry genetic risk, the intrusiveness of certain options for dealing with infertility, parental expectations for a perfect baby, and the difficulties some traditional practitioners have in adapting their practice styles to the changing needs of the patient population.
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Monoamine oxidase inhibitors have been associated with male retarded ejaculation and impotence. The authors describe three cases of female anorgasmia secondary to this class of antidepressants. To the author's knowledge only one incidental finding of this kind has been reported.
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The written psychiatric consultation is the distillation, the official permanent record, and the one universal element of the consultation process. Both the document and process present a good and growing opportunity for service and teaching. The authors offer a conceptual and practical scheme to help potential consultants make decisions about the content, style, and wording of their written communications. Each of the components of the consultation document, including headings, openings, history, examination, and formulations, is considered in terms of its effects on the liaison with the consultee and the care of the patient.
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