Bipolar Disorder in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period: Predictors of Morbidity

Completed

Conditions studied: Bipolar Disorder, Psychiatric Morbidity, Neonatal Outcome

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine risk factors for relapse of bipolar disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The main goal of this study is to find the risks that may make it more likely for a woman with bipolar disorder to experience a depressive, manic, or hypomanic episode during her pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00580268

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

118

Starts

2005-08-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-08-12

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 45. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• medically healthy adult women (ages 18-45) fulfilling DSM-IV criteria for bipolar disorder of any type (1 or 2) who are currently pregnant within 14 weeks gestation dated by last menstrual period;
• euthymic at the time of conception;
• able to give informed consent and comply with study procedures;
• have a treating psychiatrist, physician or mental health clinician. Gravid women between the ages of 18 and 45

You may not qualify if…

• active suicidality or homicidality;
• active substance use disorder with 6 months prior to enrollment, or
• positive urine drug screen at enrollment.

Where it is running

• Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• Massachusetts Geral Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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