Bipolar disorder and pregnancy: maintaining psychiatric stability in the real world of obstetric and psychiatric complications

Am J Psychiatry. 2010 Aug;167(8):892-7. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09081248.

Authors

Vivien K Burt¹, Caryn Bernstein, Wendy S Rosenstein, Lori L Altshuler

Affiliation

¹ Women's Life Center, Department of Psychiatry, UCLA-Geffen School of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, CA, USA.

PMID: 20693466
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09081248

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Adult
Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use
Bipolar Disorder / drug therapy
Bipolar Disorder / therapy*
Child Development / physiology
Clozapine / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lithium Compounds / therapeutic use
Obstetric Labor Complications / drug therapy
Obstetric Labor Complications / therapy*
Obstetrics / methods
Physician's Role
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy
Pregnancy Complications / therapy*
Pregnancy Outcome
Prenatal Care / methods
Psychiatry / methods

Substances

Antipsychotic Agents
Lithium Compounds
Clozapine