Pharmacotherapy of bipolar II disorder during and after pregnancy

Current Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 246-252

  Sharma, Verinder ^a,b   Sommerdyk, Christina ^c   Xie, Bin ^a   Campbell, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Regional Mental Health Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Childbirth; Drug treatment; Postpartum; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGORAPHOBIA; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CHILDBIRTH; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MONOTHERAPY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ONSET AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; YOUNG ADULT; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE; FEMALE; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RECURRENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888084446     PISSN: 15748847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/15748863113089990037     Document Type: Article

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