HCPlive (3/16, Walter) reports “new research from Scandinavia” suggests “pregnant women treated with antidepressants do benefit more from the continued use of the treatment.” In their “cohort study, the investigators” looked at “nationwide registers in Denmark and Norway involving 41,475 live-born singleton pregnancies in Denmark between 1997-2016 and 16,459 live-born singleton pregnancies in Norway between 2009-2018 for women who filled at least 1 antidepressant prescription within 6 months prior to pregnancy.” Investigators “obtained data on antidepressant prescription fills from the prescription registers and modeled antidepressant treatment during pregnancy using the k-means longitudinal method.” The findings were published online March 8 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Pregnant Women With Severe Mental Illness Benefit From Continued Antidepressant Use “Kenny Walter, HCPlive, March 16, 2023