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| Adele Casals VigueraSummaryAffiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Sex differences in response to lithium treatmentA C Viguera
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:1509-11. 2000..The authors' goal was to investigate whether there are differences between the sexes in response to lithium...
Response to lithium maintenance treatment in bipolar disorders: comparison of women and menA C Viguera
The International Consortium for Bipolar Disorder Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Bipolar Disord 3:245-52. 2001..Since women with bipolar disorder reportedly have more features that may predict a poor prognosis (depression and rapid cycling), we tested the hypothesis that women respond less well to lithium maintenance treatment...
Managing bipolar disorder during pregnancy: weighing the risks and benefitsAdele C Viguera
Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Can J Psychiatry 47:426-36. 2002..Challenges for the clinical management of bipolar disorder (BD) during pregnancy are multiple and complex and include competing risks to mother and offspring...
Reproductive decisions by women with bipolar disorder after prepregnancy psychiatric consultationAdele C Viguera
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:2102-4. 2002..This study ascertained family planning decisions by women with bipolar disorder after psychiatric consultation...
Lithium in breast milk and nursing infants: clinical implicationsAdele C Viguera
Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Simches Research Bldg, Second Fl, Suite 2200, 185 Cambridge St, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:342-5. 2007..Current practice guidelines discourage use of lithium during breast-feeding, despite limited data. This study aimed to quantify lithium exposure in nursing infants...
Teratogenicity and anticonvulsants: lessons from neurology to psychiatryAdele Casals Viguera
Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 68:29-33. 2007..Data from these registries are helping medical professionals in assessing risks associated with anticonvulsant use during pregnancy and communicating those risks to patients...
Discontinuing lithium maintenance treatment in bipolar disorders: risks and implicationsR J Baldessarini
The International Consortium for Bipolar Disorders Research, Consolidated Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Bipolar Disord 1:17-24. 1999..To review research findings on clinical effects of discontinuing lithium maintenance treatment...
Venlafaxine in the treatment of postpartum depressionL S Cohen
Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 62:592-6. 2001..Incomplete recognition and treatment of puerperal illness place women at risk for chronic depression and may have adverse effects on child development...
Relapse of depression during pregnancy following antidepressant discontinuation: a preliminary prospective studyL S Cohen
Perinatal and Reproductive Psychiatry Clinical Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Arch Womens Ment Health 7:217-21. 2004..Pregnancy has frequently been referred to as a time of emotional well-being for patients. However, systematic data about the risk for relapse of depression during pregnancy are sparse...
Research Grants
- RELAPSE OF BIPOLAR DISORDER DURING PREGNANCYAdele Viguera; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
