Readers will be alert to the possibility of perinatal depression in new mothers.

Directed to practitioners in internal medicine, obstetrics/genecology, perinatology, women’s health, and psychiatry/psychology.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Center for Continuing Education designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Participants claiming CME credit from this activity may submit the credit hours to the American Osteopathic Association for Category 2 credit.

ABA MOC: This activity contributes to the CME component of the American Board of Anesthesiology’s redesigned Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ (MOCA^®) program, known as MOCA 2.0^®. Please consult the ABA website, www.theABA.org, for a list of all MOCA 2.0 requirements.

Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology™ program and MOCA^® are registered trademarks of The American Board of Anesthesiology^®. MOCA 2.0^® is a trademark of The American Board of Anesthesiology^®.

Your credit will be reported to the ABA within 30 days of claiming credit.

ABIM MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Your credit will be reported to the ABIM within 30 days of claiming credit.

ABPath CC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Lifelong Learning (Part II) credits in the American Board of Pathology’s Continuing Certification (CC) program (formerly known as MOC). Participants will earn CC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABPath CC credit. 

Your credit will be reported to the ABPath within 30 days of claiming credit.

ABP MOC: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the activity and individual assessment of and feedback to the learner, enables the learner to earn up to 1.0 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit.

Your credit will be reported to the ABP within 30 days of claiming credit.

ABS MOC: This activity qualifies for 1.0 self-assessment credits toward Part 2 of the American Board of Surgery (ABS) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program.

Please Note: It is the participant’s responsibility to self-report their participation to the American Board of Surgery, per board policy.

Activity Director

Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
Chairman, Department of Medicine, Education Institute,
Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University,
Editor in Chief, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Co-Activity Directors

Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Ob/Gyn & Women’s Health Institute,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
of Case Western Reserve University,
Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Craig Nielsen, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine,
Deputy Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Kristi Thomsen
Executive Editor, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Authors

Maureen Sayres Van Niel, MD
President, American Psychiatric Association Women's Caucus;
Member, Steering Committee, US Dept of HHS Women’s
Preventive Services Initiative, WPSI, 2016-2019;
Reproductive Psychiatrist and Private Consultant,
Cambridge, MA

Jennifer L. Payne, MD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences and of Gynecology and Obstetrics;
Director, Women’s Mood Disorders Center,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD

The information in this educational activity is provided for general medical education purposes only and is not meant to substitute for the independent medical judgment of a physician relative to diagnostic and treatment options of a specific patient's medical condition. The viewpoints expressed in this CME activity are those of the authors/faculty. They do not represent an endorsement by The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. In no event will The Cleveland Clinic Foundation be liable for any decision made or action taken in reliance upon the information provided through this CME activity.