Unipolar depression during pregnancy: nonpharmacologic treatment options.
Depression during pregnancy can negatively affect maternal and fetal health. Some women will choose not to take psychotropic medications during pregnancy. This article reviews alternatives to pharmacologic treatments for women suffering from unipolar depression during pregnancy, focusing on exercise therapy, phototherapy, transcranial magnetic stimulation and acupuncture.
Tjoa
Christopher
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Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. chris.tjoa@uphs.upenn.edu
Pare
Emmanuelle
E
Kim
Deborah R
DR
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D010789:Phototherapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation