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TIP Sheets
Clinical tip sheets are concise, quick-reference guides designed to provide healthcare professionals with essential, actionable information at the point of care. Please use these TIP sheets in your clinical practice.
Assessing Postpartum Intrusive Thoughts
Intrusive thoughts are common in conditions such as OCD, postpartum depression, and postpartum anxiety, and their presence alone does not mean a person is at risk of harming themselves or their baby. The most important factor is understanding the patient's response to these thoughts and evaluating them within the broader clinical context. Careful assessment is essential, particularly to identify postpartum psychosis, a psychiatric emergency that can present with unusual or frightening thoughts that differ from typical intrusive thoughts.
Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk in Pregnancy and Postpartum
A positive screen is not the end of the conversation. It is the start of a focused clinical response. Most patients who endorse suicidal thoughts won't need hospitalization, but every endorsement calls for structured assessment, risk formulation, and an appropriate response. Your job is not only to assess risk. It is to reduce it
Prescribing Sleep in the Postpartum Period
Postpartum sleep disruption is nearly universal, but it is not benign. Fragmented sleep raises risk for depression, anxiety, and mood destabilization, and often blunts response to psychiatric treatment.
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Goal: help the family structure at least one protected
4–5 hour block of consolidated sleep for the postpartum parent.
Protecting Sleep During Pregnancy & Postpartum
When a new baby arrives, sleep disruption affects everyone in the home. Protecting the postpartum parent's sleep is one of the most important things a family or support network can do to support health, well-being, and connection with the new baby.
For Pregnant & Postpartum Patients: Treating Depression & Anxiety During Pregnancy & Postpartum
Depression and anxiety are common medical complications of pregnancy and the postpartum year; about 1 in 5 people experience them. They are not your fault, they are not a sign of weakness, and they are treatable. This guide explains your treatment options so you and your car team can choose a plan together.