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SSRIs in Pregnancy: Third Trimester Concerns

May 1, 2003
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
You may not know it, but this year marks a milestone in the world of SSRI teratology research. Ten years ago, JAMA published the first controlled study of Prozac exposure in pregnancy (1). The results? Neither Prozac nor tricyclics caused more birth defects than controls, but both antidepressants caused more neonatal complications.
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Post-Partum Depression: Use Interpersonal Therapy

May 1, 2003
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
It’s not all about meds. This is especially true in treating postpartum depression, because so many women are understandably reluctant to expose their breast-feeding infants to antidepressants. This article reviews interpersonal therapy (IPT) as an effective modality for post-partum depression.
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Dr. Victoria Hendrick on Using Meds in Pregnancy

May 1, 2003
Victoria Hendrick, MD
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Victoria Hendrick, M.D.Victoria Hendrick, M.D. Director of Pregnancy and Postpartum Mood Disorders Program Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences University of California, Los Angeles



Dr. Hendrick, there has been a lot of confusing and seemingly contradictory data about the safety of SSRIs during pregnancy. What’s your take?
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An OB/GYN Perspective

May 1, 2003
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Roseann Gumina, M.D., is an obstetrician/gynecologist in private practice in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Like most OB/GYNs, Dr. Gumina sees more pregnant women on antidepressants in a given year than most psychiatrists are likely to see in a lifetime, and her perspective is informative.
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Thalidomide

May 1, 2003
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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In 1956, a German company synthesized thalidomide (its brand name was “Contergan”) and launched it the next year in Europe as a sedative. Unlike sedatives available at the time, such as the barbiturates, thalidomide was apparently completely non-addictive and had few if any side effects.
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Psychostimulants: Bringing Order out of Chaos

April 1, 2003
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
There are now no fewer than 14 FDA-approved psychostimulants… and counting. This does not include the many generics, the new non-stimulant Straterra or the off-label ADHD meds Wellbutrin (bupropion) and desipramine.
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Straterra: A Safer Desipramine?

April 1, 2003
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
The Eli Lilly reps are almost delirious about their new ADHD “miracle drug”, Straterra (atomoxetine). This is not surprising.
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Adult ADHD: Is it Real?

April 1, 2003
Daniel Carlat, MD
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Daniel Carlat, MD Dr. Carlat has disclosed that he has no significant relationships with or financial interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.
They have been flooding into your office: grown-ups who believe that they have ADHD.
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Dr. Jefferson Prince on Treating ADHD

April 1, 2003
Jefferson Prince, M.D.
From The Carlat Psychiatry Report
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Jefferson Prince, M.D.Jefferson Prince, M.D. Director of Child Psychiatry, North Shore Medical Center Staff, Child Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School



Dr. Prince, you have done innumerable evaluations of children and adults with ADHD. These days, psychiatrists in the community are besieged by patients wanting treatment for ADHD, and the pressure is on to come up with a diagnosis and treatment during a single 45 minute session. Is this possible?
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Stimulant Abuse

April 1, 2003
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David Sorenson, M.D., is medical director of the Anna Jaques Hospital Child Psychiatry Inpatient Unit in Amesbury, Massachusetts. His experiences with patients misusing ADHD medications should give us pause.
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