It was almost a year ago that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists came out unequivocally in favor of universal screening for perinatal depression. In the revised policy statement from ACOG’s Committee on Obstetric [...]
Over the last 2 decades, the medical community has accumulated more information regarding fetal exposure to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors than almost any medicine that women take during pregnancy. Data on the risks for major [...]
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Committee on Obstetric Practice recently published a revised opinion on screening for perinatal depression, recommending that “clinicians screen patients at least once during the perinatal period for [...]
As reviewed in a previous column, in December 2014, the Food and Drug Administration released the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (PLLR), which will go into effect on June 30, 2015. This replaces and addresses [...]
Numerous studies on the reproductive safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have been published, particularly over the last decade. With the different methodologies used and often disparate results, the extensive data now available in [...]
The last decade has brought much attention to the risks of fetal exposure to antidepressant medications, with numerous studies describing the risks of adverse outcomes that range from congenital malformations, persistent pulmonary hypertension of the [...]
December 2013, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, M.D. Over the last 2 decades, abundant data on the reproductive safety of medications used to treat psychiatric disorders have become available, filling in many gaps with respect [...]
August 2013, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, M.D. Currently, the second-generation “atypical” antipsychotics, such as olanzapine (Zyprexa), aripiprazole (Abilify), and risperidone (Risperdal), are used far more frequently than are the first-generation “typical” antipsychotics, such as [...]
March 2013, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen Over the past decade, there has been a steady stream of information and published studies on the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy. Despite small sample sizes, methodological flaws, [...]
November 2012, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen Over the last decade, attention in the medical literature has gathered logarithmically to focus on potentially efficacious treatments for perinatal depression. Studies of relevant databases, editorials, and various [...]
