Key result
Among 10 babies of mothers with serious mental illness exposed to antipsychotics, neonatal complications were typical, but mother-baby separation occurred in up to half of the cases.
Why the study?
Do antipsychotic medications during pregnancy affect neonatal complications and mother-baby separation in babies of women with serious mental illness?
Case Report (n=10)
Do antipsychotic medications during pregnancy affect neonatal complications and mother-baby separation in babies of women with serious mental illness?
While neonatal complications for babies of mothers on antipsychotics were within normal limits, there is a concerningly high rate of mother-baby separation.
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May signal elevated mother-baby separation risk despite typical neonatal outcomes; hypothesis-generating for larger perinatal antipsychotic studies.
McCauley et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Serious mental illness (n=10). Antipsychotic medications was evaluated on Neonatal complications and mother-baby separation. Among 10 babies of mothers with serious mental illness exposed to antipsychotics, neonatal complications were typical, but mother-baby separation occurred in up to half of the cases.
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