This book elaborates on Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) and their treatment in adult women with a special focus on the unique clinical presentation of these problems during the Perinatal period. Problems related to chronic, untreated NDD during adulthood are viewed through the lens of pregnant and postpartum mothers to highlight unique struggles as their family unit expands after having children. The content is based on the author’s clinical experience with mothers under her psychiatric care between 2017-2024 at an outpatient practice, affiliated with Brown University. Comorbid psychiatric problems such as anxiety, mood disorders, trauma and substance use disorders are also reviewed. In addition to sharing clinical anecdotes, the author presents a consolidated review of scientific literature on the subject.

Dr. Anupriya Gogne is a board-certified Addiction psychiatrist and the Division Director of Outpatient Psychiatry at Brown University Health. She also serves as Brown faculty as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.

Before joining Brown University Health Outpatient Psychiatry and the Recovery Center, Dr. Gogne worked as the Director of Moms MATTER, an outpatient Buprenorphine clinic for perinatal women. She has presented at numerous conferences and collaborated on medical research published in peer reviewed academic journals.

She earned bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery degrees from Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, India. She completed a general adult psychiatry residency from SUNY Downstate Medical Centre and Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Gogne also participated in an addiction psychiatry fellowship at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and a fellowship in women’s mental health at Women and Infant’s Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.