Medication Safety and Contraceptive Counseling for Reproductive Aged Women With Psychiatric Conditions

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Mental Disorders, Contraception, Chemical Teratogen Exposure

In brief

There is currently limited research that addresses the unique medication safety and family planning needs among women of reproductive age with psychiatric conditions. The study will research the feasibility of a novel individualized 1-on-1 counseling session at the Gifford Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSD that will help women in this population better understand: 1) which of their medications are safe to use in pregnancy, 2) provide education regarding the importance of using contraception and which contraceptive choices are available to them, and 3) raise awareness of any drug-drug interactions that may exist between their medications and their chosen method of contraception. Patients will be given questionnaire to assess their contraceptive utilization. They will also be given a before and after quiz to allow for an objective measure of the patient's increase in knowledge regarding medication safety and contraceptive choices as a result of the investigators intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02292056

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

50

Starts

2013-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-17

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Presenting for follow up psychiatric visit
• Ethnic Background: will include only english speaking participants (MotherToBaby counselors are only able to speak English)
• Level of Education: No limitation
• Health Status: at least one psychiatric condition for which they are taking medication
• Sexually active with Men

You may not qualify if…

• Planning to become pregnant
• Not sexually active with men
• History of hysterectomy, bilateral oophorectomy, or surgical sterilization
• Decisionally impaired - using post-consent instrument to assess decisional capacity. If a potential participant does not score 100% on post-consent instrument, then she will be excluded from participation.

Where it is running

• Gifford Clinic at UCSD Outpatient Psychiatry — San Diego, California, United States (enrolling)

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