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Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody\nDispelling the myths of medication use in pregnancy and postpartum\nWe are talking with Expert Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody about psychiatric medication during pregnancy and postpartum.\nWe will go over some of the fundamental things it\u2019s important to know about med use, risks to mother or baby for treated AND untreated illness, clear up some of the misconceptions of medication use and hopefully give you a good understanding of the risks and benefits.\nDr.\xa0Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH, is an\xa0Associate Professor and Director of the UNC Perinatal\xa0Psychiatry Program of the UNC Center for Women\u2019s\xa0Mood Disorders. Which is the first program of its kind in the US.\nShe is currently funded by multiple NIH grants\xa0to investigate epidemiologic,\xa0genetic, and other biomarker models of postpartum depression and has\xa0recently worked to establish an international postpartum\xa0depression genetics consortium (PACT).\xa0In addition, she is investigating novel treatment options for depression\xa0in perinatal women.\xa0\nDr. Meltzer-Brody also studies maternal depression\xa0in high-risk groups including adolescent mothers,\xa0and mothers of children with\xa0neuro-developmental\xa0delays.\nFind all of the resources we discussed here:\nwww.womensmooddisorders.org\nPPDACT app http://www.pactforthecure.com/\nhttps://thehummingbirdstudy.com/\nTwitter: @uncwomensmood\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/UNCWMD/about/\nwww.postpartum.net\nwww.postpartumprogress.org