Book contents
- Practise Psychiatry
- Practise Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1: Vignettes
- Case 1: Schizophrenia
- Case 2: Delusional Disorder
- Case 3: Major Depressive Disorder
- Case 4: Dysthymic Disorder and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Case 5: Grief
- Case 6: Bipolar Disorder
- Case 7: Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Case 8: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
- Case 9: Social Anxiety Disorder
- Case 10: Separation Anxiety and Selective Mutism
- Case 11: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
- Case 12: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Case 13: Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder
- Case 14: Hoarding Disorder
- Case 15: Anorexia Nervosa
- Case 16: Bulimia Nervosa
- Case 17: Pica and Rumination Disorder
- Case 18: Acute Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Adjustment Disorder
- Case 19: Illness Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Case 20: Conversion Disorder and Factitious Disorder
- Case 21: Delirium and Neurocognitive Disorders
- Case 22: Mental Capacity Assessment
- Case 23: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Case 24: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disorder
- Case 25: Alcohol Use Disorder
- Case 26: Cannabis Use Disorder
- Case 27: Stimulant Use Disorder
- Case 28: Opioid Use Disorder
- Case 29: Hallucinogen Use Disorder
- Case 30: Gambling Disorder
- Case 31: Borderline Personality Disorder
- Case 32: Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Case 33: Schizoid, Schizotypal and Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Case 34: Dependent Personality Disorder
- Case 35: Suicide Risk Assessment
- Case 36: Catatonia and Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Case 37: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Serotonin Syndrome
- Case 38: Insomnia Disorder
- Case 39: Narcolepsy Disorder
- Case 40: Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders
- Case 41: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorder
- Case 42: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder
- Case 43: Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Case 44: Voyeuristic, Exhibitionistic, Frotteuristic and Sexual Masochism and Sadism Disorders
- Case 45: Paedophilic Disorder
- Case 46: Transvestic and Fetishistic Disorders
- Case 47: Gender Dysphoria
- Case 48: Pyromania
- Case 49: Kleptomania
- Case 50: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Case 51: Old Age Psychiatry
- Case 52: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Case 53: Hepatic Impairment
- Case 54: Renal Impairment
- Case 55: Forensic Psychiatry
- Part II: Topical MCQs
- Index
- References
Case 52: - Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
from Part 1: - Vignettes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 September 2025
Book contents
- Practise Psychiatry
- Practise Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Part 1: Vignettes
- Case 1: Schizophrenia
- Case 2: Delusional Disorder
- Case 3: Major Depressive Disorder
- Case 4: Dysthymic Disorder and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder
- Case 5: Grief
- Case 6: Bipolar Disorder
- Case 7: Generalised Anxiety Disorder
- Case 8: Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
- Case 9: Social Anxiety Disorder
- Case 10: Separation Anxiety and Selective Mutism
- Case 11: Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder
- Case 12: Body Dysmorphic Disorder
- Case 13: Trichotillomania and Excoriation Disorder
- Case 14: Hoarding Disorder
- Case 15: Anorexia Nervosa
- Case 16: Bulimia Nervosa
- Case 17: Pica and Rumination Disorder
- Case 18: Acute Stress Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Adjustment Disorder
- Case 19: Illness Anxiety Disorder and Somatic Symptom Disorder
- Case 20: Conversion Disorder and Factitious Disorder
- Case 21: Delirium and Neurocognitive Disorders
- Case 22: Mental Capacity Assessment
- Case 23: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Case 24: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Developmental Disorder
- Case 25: Alcohol Use Disorder
- Case 26: Cannabis Use Disorder
- Case 27: Stimulant Use Disorder
- Case 28: Opioid Use Disorder
- Case 29: Hallucinogen Use Disorder
- Case 30: Gambling Disorder
- Case 31: Borderline Personality Disorder
- Case 32: Antisocial Personality Disorder
- Case 33: Schizoid, Schizotypal and Paranoid Personality Disorder
- Case 34: Dependent Personality Disorder
- Case 35: Suicide Risk Assessment
- Case 36: Catatonia and Electroconvulsive Therapy
- Case 37: Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome and Serotonin Syndrome
- Case 38: Insomnia Disorder
- Case 39: Narcolepsy Disorder
- Case 40: Breathing-Related Sleep Disorders
- Case 41: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Arousal Disorder
- Case 42: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behaviour Disorder
- Case 43: Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder
- Case 44: Voyeuristic, Exhibitionistic, Frotteuristic and Sexual Masochism and Sadism Disorders
- Case 45: Paedophilic Disorder
- Case 46: Transvestic and Fetishistic Disorders
- Case 47: Gender Dysphoria
- Case 48: Pyromania
- Case 49: Kleptomania
- Case 50: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
- Case 51: Old Age Psychiatry
- Case 52: Pregnancy and Breastfeeding
- Case 53: Hepatic Impairment
- Case 54: Renal Impairment
- Case 55: Forensic Psychiatry
- Part II: Topical MCQs
- Index
- References
Summary
Chapter 52 covers the topic of pregnancy and breastfeeding. Through a case vignette with topical MCQs for consolidation of learning, readers are brought through the management of pregnant patients with psychiatric disorders from first presentation to subsequent complications of the conditions and its treatment. Things covered include the general principles of prescribing in patients with pregnancy or who are breastfeeding, the use of antidepressants, the use of mood stabilisers, the use of antipsychotics.
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