Depression in pregnancy: When doing nothing is not an option (CME)
Publish date: February 1, 2008
Shari I. Lusskin, MD , Jada Turco, MD
Shari I. Lusskin, MD , Jada Turco, MD
How do you and your depressed patients walk that fine line between the risks of taking-or not taking-antidepressants during pregnancy? Which drugs or alternate therapies seem safest? An expert cautions that maternal and fetal risks of untreated mental illness-ranging from spontaneous abortion to suicide-may outweight the risks of antidepressants.