October 2012, ObGyn News, Christina Chambers, PH.D., M.P.H., Lee S. Cohen, M.D., Gideon Koren, M.D., And Gera Despite the fact that prescription medications are commonly used by pregnant women, for most products and for new [...]
May 2012, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen More information is available on the teratogenicity of psychiatric medications than perhaps any other class of medications women use during pregnancy, with the most data available for antidepressants. [...]
January 2012, Clinical Psychiatry News, Lee S. Cohen Over the last several years, accumulating data on the reproductive safety of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have included multiple reports evaluating the risks of teratogenicity, poor [...]
September 2011, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, MD Reprinted with permission from Ob. Gyn. News Copyright by International Medical News Group, an Elsevier company Every few months, it seems as if still another study [...]
May 2011, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, MD Previous columns on the reproductive safety of psychiatric medications have focused on the attendant risks of fetal exposure to antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and mood stabilizers such as lithium [...]
December 2010, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, MD Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are currently used in an estimated 5%-7% of pregnant women, and it is now generally accepted that pregnancy is not protective with respect [...]
August 2010, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, MD Concerns regarding fetal exposure to valproic acid have been longstanding. Many teratovigilance programs around the world have identified an increased risk for congenital malformations associated with first [...]
March 2010, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, M.D. Postpartum depression is a highly prevalent illness, with multiple studies consistently reporting rates of about 7%-10%, which include both minor and major depression. In some countries such [...]
October 2009, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, M.D. Questions about the management of depression during pregnancy continue to elicit discussion in clinical and academic venues. In the last decade, there have been numerous studies and [...]
June 2009, ObGyn News, Lee S. Cohen, M.D. Studies conducted over the last decade have consistently supported the conclusion that pregnancy is not protective with respect to risk for new onset or recurrence of major [...]
