Management of Pregnant Women with Mental Disorders Requires Attention to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric interventions may be required during pregnancy. In the aspect of the management of psychiatric symptoms and the consideration of the need for pharmacotherapy, possibly to manage the effects on the fetus, pregnant women with mental disorders are considered high risk as other physical illnesses.

Objective

We investigated the characteristics of pregnant women with psychiatric disorders compared with high-risk pregnant women with physical illnesses at our university hospital and the effects of psychotropic drug use on pregnant women with mental disorders and their children.

Materials and methods

In a multivariate analysis of 1282 pregnant women, excluding those with multiple pregnancies who gave birth at our hospital between January 2017 and the end

SUBMITTER: Fujii K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898233 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature