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Guidelines for the Management of Depression During Pregnancy

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Guidelines regarding the treatment of depression during pregnancy were recently published by the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. We provide a commentary on these guidelines.

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Disclosure

Dr. Kim has been lent a device for research purposes by and received a travel stipend from Neuronetics.

Dr. O’Reardon has received grant research support from AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, CeneRx Biopharma, Cyberonics, Eli Lilly and Company, the Magstim Company, Medtronic, Neuronetics, Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis, and the NARSAD Foundation; has served as a consultant for Eli Lilly and Company; and is a member of the speakers’ bureau for Eli Lilly and Company and Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Dr. Epperson has served as a consultant for Wyeth and owns stock in Johnson & Johnson.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Deborah R. Kim, John P. O’Reardon & C. Neill Epperson

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Correspondence to Deborah R. Kim.

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Kim, D.R., O’Reardon, J.P. & Epperson, C.N. Guidelines for the Management of Depression During Pregnancy. Curr Psychiatry Rep 12, 279–281 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11920-010-0114-x

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