Impact of pregnancy on antidepressant treatment course: a population-based comparative cohort study in France

The prevention of relapses and the treatment of depression during pregnancy are difficult challenges. The maintenance of antidepressants in pregnancy with its concomitant risks to mother and child needs to be weighed against those associated with not treating the disease. This study aimed at quantif...

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Published in:Archives of women's mental health 2020-10, Vol.23 (5), p.699-707
Main Authors: Bénard-Laribière, Anne, Pambrun, Elodie, Sutter-Dallay, Anne-Laure, Gautier, Sophie, Hurault-Delarue, Caroline, Damase-Michel, Christine, Lacroix, Isabelle, Pariente, Antoine
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Language:English
Subjects:
Antidepressants
Antidepressants, Tricyclic
Cohort analysis
Drug therapy
Medical research
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Medicine, Experimental
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental illness
Original Article
Population studies
Population-based studies
Pregnancy
Pregnant women
Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Womens health
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Summary:The prevention of relapses and the treatment of depression during pregnancy are difficult challenges. The maintenance of antidepressants in pregnancy with its concomitant risks to mother and child needs to be weighed against those associated with not treating the disease. This study aimed at quantifying the impact of the occurrence of pregnancy on the course of antidepressant treatment among newly treated women (
ISSN:1434-1816
1435-1102
DOI:10.1007/s00737-020-01033-z