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General Internal Medicine • Psychiatry • General Outpatient Psychiatry • Depression • Primary Care • Women's Health • Major Depressive Disorder • General Primary Care • Women’s Mental Health
How do you counsel patients on the risks and benefits of antidepressant use during pregnancy?
How do you approach shared decision-making when patients express hesitancy about medication exposure in utero? What is your approach when a patient is stable on a less-studied or higher-risk agent such as paroxetine? Do you use any patient-facing educational resources or decision aids to guide these discussions?
Answer from: at Community Practice
I love those two websites and use them often—both for patient care and my own learning. You've really nailed it, Dr. @Soller: R/B ratio is key. One additional factor to address with patients is the recent surge in negative psychiatry media impacting decision-making. While some women can safely...
I agree! I often have patients who want to dose re...