Bipolar disorder in the postpartum period: Management strategies and future directions

Women's Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 359-371

  Pope, Carley J ^a   Sharma, Verinder ^b,c   Mazmanian, Dwight ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

bipolar disorder; breastfeeding; diagnosis; mood episodes; pharmacological treatment; postpartum; psychosocial treatment

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; LAMOTRIGINE; OLANZAPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; ZIPRASIDONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MOOD DISORDER; PARITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; AGE; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; LIFESTYLE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BREAST FEEDING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PARITY; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84907515694     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.14.33     Document Type: Review

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