Women’s Mental Health with Dr. Pri
Mood and anxiety changes during pregnancy and after birth are common and treatable. Dr. Pri is a psychiatrist who cares for women during pregnancy and through the first postpartum year by secure video, and, with your permission, coordinates with your obstetrician when it helps. Every new patient starts with a free 15 minute call.
Perinatal psychiatry is mental health care during pregnancy and through the first postpartum year. It covers the mood and anxiety changes that can come with a pregnancy, a delivery, and the months of caring for a new baby.
These weeks bring real shifts in hormones, sleep, and daily life, and they are a common time for symptoms to appear or return. Care at this stage is about telling ordinary adjustment apart from something that needs treatment, and building a plan that fits where you are.
Perinatal psychiatry is one part of Dr. Pri’s broader women’s mental health care across reproductive life stages.
Perinatal mental health is more than postpartum depression. Care covers the fuller range of what can come up during and after pregnancy.
Worry that does not settle, a racing mind, or physical tension, often centered on the baby’s safety.
Unwanted, distressing thoughts about harm coming to the baby, paired with checking or avoidance.
A short stretch of tearfulness in the first two weeks after birth is common and usually passes on its own. Symptoms worth an appointment include the following.
If you are having thoughts of harming yourself or your baby, this needs urgent attention rather than a scheduled appointment. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or call 911.
Decisions about medication during pregnancy and breastfeeding weigh the risks of a treatment against the risks of an untreated illness. That balance is specific to you, your symptoms, and your stage, and there is rarely a single right answer.
Dr. Pri works through those trade-offs with you, explains what is known about the options, and, with your permission, coordinates with your obstetrician so the medical and psychiatric sides of your care stay aligned. Medication decisions are made only after reviewing your symptoms, history, pregnancy or postpartum stage, prior treatment, and individual risks and benefits.
Care starts with a free 15 minute consultation, then a full psychiatric evaluation that runs 60 to 90 minutes. Alongside your symptoms and history, Dr. Pri maps where you are in pregnancy or postpartum and what you have already tried.
Treatment may involve medication, supportive and cognitive behavioral techniques used during visits, changes to sleep and daily routine, or a referral for therapy. Follow-up visits typically run 30 to 45 minutes, with frequency based on symptoms, medication changes, and stage of treatment. Where it helps and with your permission, Dr. Pri coordinates with your obstetrician and primary care provider.
Dr. Pri is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine licensed in Psychiatry and Neurology in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. She has a particular focus on women’s mental health across the lifespan, from PMDD through pregnancy, postpartum, and perimenopause.
Because the practice stays out of network, she keeps a small caseload. That means longer visits and continuity with the same psychiatrist from one appointment to the next. If you are searching for a perinatal psychiatrist, telehealth makes this care available throughout New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Licensing follows where you are sitting during the visit, not where you live. You need to be physically located in one of these three states at the time of your appointment.
New parents across New York City and the rest of the state can be seen from home, without arranging a commute with a newborn.
Patients across New Jersey can be seen by video, with appointments that fit around feeding and nap schedules.
From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania patients can keep steady perinatal care with one psychiatrist over secure video.
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Symptoms appear in the luteal phase, the stretch before a period, and lift once bleeding begins. Common ones include the following.
Some medications are used during pregnancy and breastfeeding, and the decision depends on your history, your symptoms, and the specific medication. Untreated depression and anxiety carry risks of their own, so the choice is a comparison rather than a simple yes or no. Dr. Pri talks it through with you.
The brief tearfulness after delivery usually clears within two weeks. Symptoms that last longer, deepen, or make it hard to care for yourself or your baby point toward something that is worth an appointment.
Yes. The evaluation and ongoing care are a conversation supported by your history, which works well over secure video and saves a trip with a newborn. You need to be physically located in New York, New Jersey, or Pennsylvania during each visit.
Resilience Psychiatric Medicine is an out of network practice. Patients receive a superbill that may be submitted for possible reimbursement depending on their out of network benefits. This model also allows the practice to offer longer, more personalized visits.
Book your complimentary 15 minute consultation to learn more about Dr. Pri’s approach to perinatal evaluation and treatment. You can also call (646) 389-0538 or email [email protected].
