Mood disorders and their pharmacological treatment during pregnancy: Is the future child affected?

Pediatric Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Monk, Catherine ^a   Fitelson, Elizabeth M ^a   Werner, Elizabeth ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADAPTATION SYNDROME; ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 79954595069     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182131a2e     Document Type: Review

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