Pregnancy

Pregnant women often find it difficult to find a treatment program willing to treat them. Pregnant women deserve state of the art treatment just as all other individuals. Most people assume that hormones released during pregnancy protect women from psychiatric disorders and foster a period of emotional well-being. In the last 5 years, research has shown that up to 20% of women suffer from a mood or anxiety disorder during the pre and post pregnancy times. Whether those symptoms develop at that beginning of pregnancy or are a continuation of a previous history, pregnant women are confronted with difficult decision with regards on how to manage their illness during pregnancy.

A common practice for women is to discontinue or avoid pharmacologic treatment in order to decrease the risks of prenatal exposure to medications. This is not always the most feasible option, as a psychiatric illness in the mother can in some cases cause significant damage to mother and child. Pharmacotherapy serves only as a safe replacement for abused drugs or psychiatric illness to help maintain the pregnant women’s safe and healthy way of living. Wellington Retreat welcomes this population, whether it is for treatment of addiction or any other psychiatric disorder.