Behavioral Health
Perinatal Behavioral Health
When you had your baby, you expected to feel joy and an unbreakable bond with this new little life. Instead, you find yourself thinking you're a terrible mother and feeling overwhelmed and unable to enjoy anything.
If you are experiencing these kinds of emotions, you may be suffering from a perinatal mood disorder, perinatal anxiety, or both. Christiana Care has a Perinatal Behavioral Health Program so you do not have to deal with your feelings alone. The program offers a comprehensive array of behavioral-health services available to you during pregnancy and after delivery. These disorders are very treatable, and you can recover.
Before you leave the hospital with your newborn, a behavioral-health specialist is available to meet with you to discuss how you are coping with motherhood. This specialist can assess your emotional and mental-health needs.
In addition, the program offers:
- Individual outpatient counseling and therapy.
- Medication management.
- Coordination of care with your physician.
- Preconception consultations for women already diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder.
These services are also available to expectant mothers who are experiencing similar feelings relating to their pregnancy or mothers who have long since left the hospital. Perinatal mood disorders can occur up to a year after childbirth.
If you need help, call us for an appointment or phone consultation.
Are you in crisis?
If you feel you pose an immediate danger to yourself, your baby or others, please call 911 or immediately go to the emergency room of Wilmington Hospital or Christiana Hospital.
You also may call Christiana Care's 24-hour Crisis Line.
Perinatal Behavioral Health Program
4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road, P.O. Box 6001
Newark, DE 19718 directions
302-733-4226
Facebook
Flickr
Google+
Tumblr
Twitter
YouTube
