2014
Pregnant Women With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk of Preterm Birth
Yonkers KA, Smith MV, Forray A, Epperson CN, Costello D, Lin H, Belanger K. Pregnant Women With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Risk of Preterm Birth. JAMA Psychiatry 2014, 71: 897-904. PMID: 24920287, PMCID: PMC4134929, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor depressive episodePosttraumatic stress disorderPreterm birthWeeks of pregnancyPregnant womenDepressive episodeModified PTSD Symptom ScalePTSD Symptom ScaleStress disorderBenzodiazepine medicationLikely diagnosisSymptom ScaleComposite International Diagnostic InterviewProspective cohort studySerotonin reuptake inhibitorsLogistic regression analysisCohort studyMedication useReuptake inhibitorsBenzodiazepine treatmentBenzodiazepine usePsychotropic treatmentObstetrical practicePsychiatric illnessAnxiolytic treatment
2013
Antidepressant Use in Pregnant and Postpartum Women
Yonkers KA, Blackwell KA, Glover J, Forray A. Antidepressant Use in Pregnant and Postpartum Women. Annual Review Of Clinical Psychology 2013, 10: 369-392. PMID: 24313569, PMCID: PMC4138492, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-032813-153626.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntidepressant usePersistent pulmonary hypertensionAdverse birth outcomesNeonatal complicationsShortened gestationPulmonary hypertensionAntidepressant exposureBirth outcomesPregnant womenPostpartum womenFetal growthMajor teratogensReproductive yearsLate pregnancyNeonatal signsCardiac malformationsAntidepressantsPregnancyAnxiety disordersAdverse effectsInconclusive evidenceWomenInconsistent literatureMalformationsRisk