“…A systematic review by Suri and colleagues (Suri, Lin, Cohen, & Altshuler, 2014) found that the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) in pregnancy could disrupt the child's motor and language development. Controversies around the use of antidepressants during the perinatal period (Ornoy & Koren, 2014) and evidence suggesting that the presence of antidepressants in breast milk could impact infants' development (Schoretsanitis et al, 2019;Wisner, Perel, & Findling, 1997) may partly explain why depressed mothers are reluctant to seek pharmacological treatment. However, as discussed by Casper (2015), the risks of antidepressant use in pregnancy are relatively low and the benefits frequently outweigh the risks of untreated depression, which may contribute to reduced antenatal care, poor feeding, suicidal ideation and substance use (Robinson, 2015).…”