Bipolar disorder is often associated with a lifetime indication for treatment with psychotropic drugs, thus pregnant women face the dilemma whether to continue treatment or not. This study describes the psychopharmacological drug utilization patterns among women with bipolar disorder from 12 months preconception to 12 months postpartum.We conducted a register-based cohort study among all Danish women aged 15-55 with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder, who gave birth to their first and singleton child between January 1997 and December 2012. Psychotropic drug use was determined by prescriptions obtained from the Danish National Prescription Registry.We identified 336 women. The proportion of women redeeming prescriptions for any psychotropic drug decreased during pregnancy, from 54.8

作者：S C, Broeks；H, Thisted Horsdal；K, Glejsted Ingstrup；C, Gasse

来源：Journal of affective disorders 2017 年 210卷