Healio (2/7, Gawel) reports, “Women should be screened and treated for bipolar disorder during pregnancy despite hesitations about pharmacologic treatment,” according to a presentation given at The Pregnancy Meeting by Emily S. Miller, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the department of obstetrics and gynecology at Northwestern University. This is because “half of all women with postpartum psychosis have a history of bipolar disorder, Miller said.” Dr. Miller “added that there are tools available to OB/GYNs to screen patients for bipolar disorder,” such as the “Mood Disorder Questionnaire…which consists of 13 questions, takes about five minutes to complete, and is freely available online in multiple languages.”
Related Links:
— “‘Mental health is maternal health’: Screen, treat pregnant patients for bipolar disorder “Richard Gawel, Healio, February 7, 2022