Publications

Authors:

Barbui, Corrado; Andrea, Bertolazzi; Batul, Hanife; Cipriani, Andrea

Title:

Treatment Choices in Women with Bipolar Disorder Seeking Pregnancy: A Clinical Case Illustration

Year:

2013

Type of item:

Articolo in Rivista

Tipologia ANVUR:

Articolo su rivista

Language:

Inglese

Format:

Elettronico

Referee:

No

Name of journal:

CASE REPORTS IN PSYCHIATRY

ISSN of journal:

2090-682X

N° Volume:

2013

Number or Folder:

630732

Page numbers:

1-3

Keyword:

Bipolar disorder; pregnancy; psychopharmacology

Short description of contents:

After ten years of successful maintenance treatment with lithium and olanzapine, a 40-year-old woman with bipolar disorder expressed concerns about continuing the use of medicines, as she was planning a pregnancy. In the past, she had suffered from five severe manic episodes with hospital admissions. After consultations with the treating psychiatrist, gynaecologist, and family doctor, olanzapine was stopped and lithium was gradually withdrawn. After few months, the patient, still in treatment with lithium 300 mg/die, experienced a new manic episode with hospital admission. Treatment with lithium and olanzapine was restored, and she progressively recovered. This case suggests that the risk of manic recurrence after ten years of maintenance treatment may be as high as the well-known risk of recurrence after few years of maintenance treatment, a consideration that doctors may find useful in the light of a complete absence of evidence on treatment choices after five years of successful maintenance treatment

Web page:

http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/crips/2013/630732.pdf

Product ID:

78739

Handle IRIS:

11562/639751

Deposited On:

December 2, 2013

Last Modified:

October 19, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Barbui, Corrado; Andrea, Bertolazzi; Batul, Hanife; Cipriani, Andrea, Treatment Choices in Women with Bipolar Disorder Seeking Pregnancy: A Clinical Case Illustration «CASE REPORTS IN PSYCHIATRY» , vol. 2013 , n. 630732 , 2013 , pp. 1-3

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