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Perinatal Psychiatry Flashcards

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What are the red flag presentations indicating urgent referral to perinatal mental health team?

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Recent significant change in mental state or emergence of new symptoms

New thoughts or acts of violent self harm

New and persistent expressions of incompetency as a mother or estrangement from their baby

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Saving mothers lives recommendations

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  1. Routine enquiry at booking about current or past history of mental health issues
  2. GPs should communicate about past psychiatric history to AN referrals
  3. Antenatal services, GPs and psychiatry should communicate with well with each other
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What are the indications for admission to a mother and baby unit?

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  • rapidly changing mental state
  • suicidal ideation (particularly of a violent nature)
  • significant estrangement from the infant
  • pervasive guilt or hopelessness
  • beliefs of inadequacy as a mother
  • evidence of psychosis
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Screening for mental health issues at booking

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History of mental health problems, previous treatment, Family History

Identify risk factors: 
Young/ single 
domestic issues
lack support
substance abuse, unplanned/unwanted pregnancy
pre existing mental health problem
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Screening questions to be used by midwives at EVERY appointment

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During the last month have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed or hopeless?

During the last month have you been bothered by having little interest or pleasure in doing things

Is this something you feel you need or want help with?

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What should a psychiatric team look for when referred?

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Psychosis
Severe anxiety, depression, suicidal, self-neglect, self harm
Symptoms with significant interference with daily functioning
History of bipolar or schizophrenia
History of puerperal psychosis
Psychotropic medications
If developed moderate mental illness in late pregnancy or early postpartum
Mild- moderate illness but 1st degree relative with bipolar or puerperal psychosis
Previous in-patient admissions to mental health unit

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Which mental health disorder has a high rate of relapse postnatally?

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Bipolar disorder

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Which mental health disorder tends to imrpove during pregnancy?

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Eating disorders

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What are the risks of eating disorder during pregnancy?

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risks of IUGR, prematurity, hypokalaemia, hyponatraemia, metabolic alkalosis, miscarriage, premature delivery

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How to manage antenatal depression

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68% relapse if stop meds in pregnancy but if mild and on treatment, consider stopping and referring for psychological treatment

Self help strategies – CBT,

Computerised CBT and self guided help of benefit

Mild-moderate: GP managed

Severe (suicidal, psychosis, self neglect, harm): referral to psychiatry

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Presentation and management of baby blues

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50% women
Brief period of emotional instability
Tearful, irritable, anxiety and poor sleep confusion
Day 3-10 self-limiting
Support and reassurance
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When does peurperal psychosis present?

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Within 2 weeks of delivery

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What are the early symptoms of peurperal psychosis?

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sleep disturbance
confusion
irrational ideas

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What are the symptoms as peurperal psychosis progresses?

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Mania, delusions, hallucinations, confusion

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Differential diagnoses of peurperal psychosis

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episode of bipolar, unipolar depression, schizophrenia, organic brain dysfunction (secondary to physical illness)

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Risk factors of peurperal psychosis

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bipolar disorder (50%), previous puerperal psychosis, 1st degree relative with history

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Managing peurperal psychosis

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Is an emergency
Needs admission to specialised mother-baby unit
Antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers and ECT
80% 10 year recurrence
25% go onto develop bipolar disorder

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Onset of postnatal depression

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Onset 2-6 weeks postnatally, lasts weeks to months

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Presentation of postnatal depression

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Tearfulness, irritable, anxiety, lack of enjoyment and poor sleep, weight loss, can present as concerns re baby

Effects on bonding, child development, marriage, risk suicide

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Managing postnatal depression

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Mild- moderate: self help, counselling

Moderate-severe: psychotherapy and antidepressants, admission?

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What are the risks to child of untreated depression?

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Low birth weight
- Associated with severity of depression

Pre-term delivery
- Associated with severity of depression
Adverse childhood outcomes
e.g. emotional & conduct problems, ADHD

Poor engagement / bonding with child

Reduced infant learning & cognitive development

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General principles of managing mental illness and medication in perinatal period

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Ideal: discussing the implications of pregnancy before she gets pregnant (plan the pregnancy)

Individualised care - based on past history, frequency & severity of episode, response to treatment

Discuss toxicology of medication and effect on mother and baby

Consider stopping medication, changing or lowering dose

Plan - antenatal monitoring, contingency plans, delivery, postnatal management

MDT involvement

Support groups

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What types of drugs to be prescribed in pregnancy?

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  • preferentially use drugs with low risk to both mother and foetus
  • Low dose monotherapy
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Which type of monotherapy to be avoided in pregnancy?

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Depot

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Which drug has altered pharmacokinetics in pregnancy and needs caution?

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Lithium

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Can a mother with mental health problems breastfeed?

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Yes. Encourage breastfeeding wherever possible

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How to care for foetus when mother is on medication?

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Increase screening of foetus - cardio and growth (especially with high risk drugs like sodium valproate if mother absolutely needs to be on it)

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Risks of mental health prescribing during pregnancy

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Risks and benefit can vary between the 1st trimester, the 3rd trimester and breastfeeding

Stopping a drug with known teratogenic risk after pregnancy is confirmed may not remove the risk of malformations

There are risks from stopping medication abruptly - stop meds gradually

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Issues with prescribing in 1st trimester

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Risk of teratogenecity

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Issues with prescribing in 2nd trimester

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Risk of neonatal withdrawal

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Issues with prescribing and breastfeeding

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Risk of medication passing into breast milk

But exposure in breast milk is usually less than in utero therefore, in general, there is no need to stop a drug that was used during pregnancy.

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What is the first-line anti-depressant in pregnancy?

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SSRI

“resaonably certain” that anti-depressants are not major teratogens
Risk - benefit analysis

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Which SSRI has least placental exposure?

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Sertraline

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Which SSRI is the safest during preg?

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Fluoxetine

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Risks of SSRIs to foetus

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  • persistent HTN of newborn
  • Low birth weight
  • increased early birth
  • PPH
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Which is the least safe SSRI?

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Paroxetine

Increased cardiac malformation, less safe than other SSRIS

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Other anti-depressants used in pregnancy

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  1. Tricyclics - may have mild and self limiting neonatal withdrawal
  2. Venalfaxine - less evidence, cardiac defects, cleft palate, neonatal withdrawal
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First generation antipsychotics used in pregnancy

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Chlorpromazine

Haloperidol

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Second generation antipsychotics used in pregnancy

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Olanzapine

Quetiapine

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Risk of antipsychotics in pregnancy

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Weight gain leading to gestational diabetes (esp. second gen)

Reduced fertility (raised prolactin levels reduces chances of conception)

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Antipsychotics to avoid in pregnancy

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Clozapine (may cause agranulocytosis)

Anticholinergics for EPSE in pregnancy

Depot antipsychotics

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Prescription of mood stabilisers in pregnancy

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NO SAFE MOOD STABILISER

Valproate and carbamazepine (most teratogenic) - increase neural tube defects and should be avoided at all costs (except if only option available)

Lamotrigine is “less bad”

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Risks of lamotrigine in pergnancy

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↑ risk of oral cleft (1.5/1000- 9/1000) – avoid in 1st trimester or withdraw before planned pregnancyrisk of

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome etc in infant if breast feeding

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Prescription of lithium in pregnancy

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Best to avoid lithium as far as possible

Consider slow reduction pre-conception

Can be re-introduced in 2nd or 3rd trimester

Beware of dose change in 3rd trimester

Consider re-introduction immediately post-partum

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Risk of lithium in 1st trimester

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Ebstein’s abnormality
(exaggerated risk, reasonable risk to hold if mother is okay with it)

Can be continued if clinical indication, avoids abrupt discontinuation (increases risk of relapse)

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Managing lithium in 3rd trimester

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Monitor serum lithium levels closely ( d/t changes in volume distribution) monthly

Weekly monitoring from week 36 then within 24hrs of childbirth

Lithium toxicity can mimic PET

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Lithium in breastfeeding - safe?

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Avoid. High quantities in breast milk

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Recommendations for mood stabilisers in pregnancy

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Switch to safer option (quetiapine)

Avoid valproate and carbamazepine in woman of childbearing age

If lithium is required - HIGH MONITORING

Consider ECT

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First line medication for anxiety in pregnancy

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SSRI

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Benzodiazepine as anxiety treatment in 1st trimester

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Avoid due to possible ↑ risk of fetal malformation, e.g. cleft palate

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benzodiazepine in 3rd trimeter

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Avoid **

↑ risk of floppy baby syndrome (hypothermia, hypotonia, respiratory depression, withdrawal effects)

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Benzodiazepine in breastfeeding

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Avoid regular use ** – risks of lethargy & weight loss + accumulation of long acting drugs

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Mental illness drugs and breast feeding

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All psychotropics are excreted in breast milk

Risk and benefit balance

Time dose to feed - give dose before longest break between feeds

LESS exposure during breastfeeding than in utero so if a drug has been used in 3rd trimester it is reasonably safe to continue using it during pregnancy

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Mental ilnesses associated with substance abuse in pregnancy

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personality
depression
anxiety

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Risks of substance abuse during pregnancy

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HIV, Hep C, Hep B
VTE
STIs
Endocarditis/ Sepsis
Poor venous access - see anaesthetists 
Opiate tolerance/ withdrawal 
Drug overdose/ death
At risk of domestic abuse and suicide
IUGR, Stillbirth, SIDs, pre-term labour
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Consequences of alcoholism in pregnancy

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Risks of miscarriage
Foetal Alcohol Syndrome - facial deformities, lower IQ, neurodevelopmental delay, epilepsy, hearing, heart and kidney defects
Withdrawal
Risk of Wernicke’s encephalopathy- 20% die (B1 deficiency)
Korsakoff Syndrome – permanent

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Cocaine, amphetamine, ecstasy

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Death via stroke and arrythmia

Teratogenic 
Pre-eclampsia 
Abruption
IUGR
Pre-term labour
Miscarriage
Developmental delay, SIDS, withdrawal
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Antenatal care for substance in pregnancy

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Consider methadone programme
Child protection and social work referral
Smear History
Breastfeeding (not if alcohol >8 units , HIV, cocaine)
Labour plan re analgesia and labour ward delivery
Early IV access
Postnatal contraception plan

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Read up on cases in the PPT

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