[A descriptive study of psychiatric population at Instituto Nacional de Perinatología]. / Estudio descriptivo de la población psiquiátrica del instituto Nacional de Perinatología.

OBJECTIVE: To establish a description of the psychiatric population of the Instituto Nacional de Perinatología (INPer), as well as of the exposed newborns to psychopharmacological treatment during the gestation. MATERIAL AND METHOD: One hundred forty-six women were gathered, by means of serial files; 85 of them had an obstetric episode of high risk and 61 were assisted in the institution due to gynecological alterations. A clinical psychologist and a psychiatrist carried out, each one, an interview and the clinical history of all the women. Once the type diagnosis was determined (DSM-IV), they received psicotherapeutical, pharmacological or mixed treatment, until the resolution of the obstetric episode and the gathering of the neonatal data. RESULTS: The findings reported that the prevalence or mental disorders (DSM-IV) that are not adaptive at the INPer is 1.8%. The diagnostic distribution of the psychiatric population ranked in first place the affective disorders (63.7%), particularly major depression disorder (42.5%). These percentages correspond at the institutional total population's 1.19 and 0.79. As for the treatment type, 57 women received psychotherapy, 75 received psychopharmacological treatment and 14 received both treatments. The newborn babies of obstetric patients who received psychopharmacological treatment did not show differences in Apgar, weight, size, complications or obstetric resolution in comparison with patients who received psychotherapy and again with respect to institutional media. DISCUSSION: The prevalence found in the Institution is significantly inferior to that reported at a national and global level, due to the use of two diagnostic interviews by mental health specialists. The wrong use of the sieve is one of the reasons for overdiagnosis in mental health.

Estudio descriptivo de un grupo psicoterapéutico de pacientes obstétricas con trastorno mental / Psicoterapeutic group of obstretics patients with mental disorder: a descriptive study

Antecedentes: El embarazo y el puerperio son factores de riesgo para la aparición de psicopatología. El padecimiento de un trastorno mental pregestacional es un factor de alto riesgo perinatal que requiere atención psicológica. Objetivo: Presentar los resultados de un grupo de psicoterapia focalizada, breve y con objetivos específicos. Material y método: Se evaluó un grupo de 24 mujeres. Se obtuvo información sociodemográfica, obstétrica y neonatal. Las mujeres se manejaron en sesiones que fueron grupales. Resultados: El trastorno depresivo fue el diagnóstico más frecuente, seguido del trastorno bipolar, de ansiedad, personalidad y abuso de sustancias. Resalta el hecho de que nueve de las 24 pacientes padecían ideación suicida en el mes previo al embarazo y cinco de ellas, contaban con al menos un intento suicida. Durante el proceso de psicoterapia u hospitalización, no hubo intentos de suicidio y ninguna de las nueve mujeres con diagnóstico de depresión presentó depresión puerperal, sólo una presentó autolesiones. La psicoterapia grupal breve y el esquema mixto, fueron efectivos en el manejo sintomático de las pacientes.

Introduction: Pregnancy and postpartum are considered high risk factors for the development of psychopathologies. Suffering a mental disorder previous pregnancy constitutes a high risk perinatal factor, which requires psychological attention. Objective: Present the results of psychological attention group with focalized, brief and specific objectives. Results: The most common mental disorder within the sample was depression followed by bipolar, anxiety, personality and addiction respectively. It is important to mention that 9 out of the 24 patients had suicidal ideation the month previous to her pregnancy, 5 of them had at least one suicidal attempt. During the psychotherapy process or hospitalization, none of the patients in the sample, tried to commit suicide, neither the 9 patients with depression presented postpartum depression, only one patient of the whole sample presented self-harm. Brief group psychotherapy and combined treatment were effective to manage the symptoms of the patients.