Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes After Antipsychotic Medication Exposure in Pregnancy

Antipsychotic medications, which are first-line treatments for psychotic and bipolar manic episodes, are frequently used by women during childbearing years.1,2 More than half of women with severe mental illness become pregnant,1,3,4 wherein offspring are often exposed to antipsychotics while in utero.5 Medication, especially atypical antipsychotic, use is on the rise in pregnant women with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and unipolar depression as well as other psychiatric disorders.6 However, only limited reproductive safety data are available on antipsychotic medications.

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