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ReviewDrug, healthcare and patient safety2014

Treatment of nonpsychotic major depression during pregnancy: patient safety and challenges.

Richard A Epstein, Katherine M Moore, William V Bobo

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Review in Drug, healthcare and patient safety, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Richard A EpsteinDepartment of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
Katherine M MooreDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
William V BoboDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Mayo Clinic · USVanderbilt University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In pregnant women with major depression, the overarching goal of treatment is to achieve or maintain maternal euthymia, thus limiting both maternal and fetal exposure to the harmful effects of untreated or incompletely treated depression. However, the absence of uniformly effective therapies with guaranteed obstetric and fetal safety makes the treatment of major depression during pregnancy among the most formidable of clinical challenges. Clinicians and patients are still faced with conflicting data and expert opinion regarding the reproductive safety of antidepressants in pregnancy, as well as large gaps in our understanding of the effectiveness of most antidepressants and nonpharmacological alternatives for treating antenatal depression. In this paper, we provide a clinically focused review of the available information on potential maternal and fetal risks of untreated maternal depression during pregnancy, the effectiveness of interventions for maternal depression during pregnancy, and potential obstetric, fetal, and neonatal risks associated with antenatal antidepressant use.

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antidepressantsdepressionmajor depressive disorderpregnancysafety

Identifiers

PMID25258558
PMCPMC4173755
OpenAlexW2023301701

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