Predictors of recurrence of bipolar disorder during pregnancy and postpartum periods in a sample of Egyptian women

Abdel-Hay, Mohammed; El-Sawy, Hosam; Badawy, Adel

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“…5. Abdel-Hay et al (17) enrolled 83 women in a prospective observational study during year 2006–2010 at the Neuropsychiatry Outpatient Clinic at Tanta University Hospital in Egypt. The women had to be euthymic for at least 8 weeks before their last menstrual episode at inclusion.…”

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Pregnancy and bipolar disorder: the risk of recurrence when discontinuing treatment with mood stabilisers: a systematic review

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Šarić

2016

Acta Neuropsychiatr.

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For the more stable bipolar women we recommend a well planned and more slowly discontinuation of medication before pregnancy. For the unplanned pregnancies it is important to consider the possibility of a more slowly discontinuation. For the more severe conditions of bipolar disorder, it is important to secure a close monitoring of medication. As the risk of postpartum relapse is high, medication may be started soon after delivery.

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“…Unfortunately, information concerning medication is lacking in the quite interesting follow up study by Abdel-Hay et al (17) Another matter that differs from other studies is the low risk of relapse in the first trimester. The question arises what could have prevented this; perhaps a protective effect of being married and working at home.…”

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Pregnancy and bipolar disorder: the risk of recurrence when discontinuing treatment with mood stabilisers: a systematic review

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Šarić

2016

Acta Neuropsychiatr.

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“…There are numerous factors that could influence the recurrence of a mood disorder during pregnancy. Among those risk factors are a longer duration of illness and earlier age of onset, complications of pregnancy, unplanned pregnancies, prior hospitalization, shorter clinical recovery since last episode, and a prior history of MDD (Abdel-Hay et al, 2011;Raisanen et al, 2014;. In pregnant women with BD recurrence of depressive episodes is more prominent than recurrence of hypomania or mania .…”

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“…It is of interest that the more recent publications are prospective studies in which pregnant BD and MDD patients were treated with medication and have higher recurrence rates than reported in two larger retrospective cohorts (Abdel-Hay et al, 2011;Di Florio et al, 2013;Newport et al, 2008;. Unfortunately, the medication status of the pregnant women in these two retrospective cohorts is not reported.…”

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Bipolar disorder during pregnancy and the postpartum period:

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Summary The aim of this thesis was to study the course of bipolar disorder (BD) in pregnant women and the influence of sleep during pregnancy and the peripartum period on the development of postpartum mood symptoms. Importantly, we also wanted to explore considerations of women with BD about family planning and pregnancy. Main findings What are thoughts and considerations of women with bipolar disorder about family planning and pregnancy? A qualitative study of 15 childless women with BD I revealed that they worried about heritability of BD, had questions about medication use during pregnancy, and were fearful of recurrence of a mood episode during pregnancy or postpartum. In addition, these women feared to be incompetent as a mother during future mood episodes and mentioned that support of their partner, social network, and mental health providers is essential. What is the impact of medication on the course of BD in pregnant women? One of the conclusions of our systematic review about the impact of continuing maintenance medication on the recurrence of mood disorders during pregnancy is that the 22 included studies reported a wide range in the recurrence rate of BD and major depressive disorder, from 4 to73%. Another conclusion is that maintenance pharmacotherapy during pregnancy in women with mood disorders significantly reduced the risk of recurrence (66% in BD and 54% in major depressive disorder). What is the effect of perinatal sleep disturbance on postpartum mood in women with BD? The study protocol of the Sleepreg-bd study is described. Mood and sleep was monitored during weeks 26, 38, 39, and 40 of pregnancy, the first four weeks postpartum, and finally in week 12 postpartum. Assessments consisted of self-report questionnaires and objective (actigraphy) and subjective (diary) sleep measures. We did not find an association between objective sleep disturbance in the perinatal period on postpartum mood symptoms in women with BD. In healthy sleepers, i.e., women who slept 7-9 hours/day, poor sleep efficiency in the first week postpartum was predictive of hypomanic mood symptoms in the second week postpartum. The strongest predictor for postpartum mood symptoms was having mood symptoms in the second trimester of pregnancy. Does the course of bipolar disorder differ in pregnant women versus non-pregnant women? We compared the course of BD in a cohort of 34 Dutch pregnant women from the Sleepreg-bd study to the course of BD in a cohort of 52 Dutch non-pregnant women who participated in the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network (SFBN) Naturalistic Follow-Up Study using scores of the Lifechart Method (LCM). No differences were found in several clinical BD course variables (symptomatic days, average severity scores, frequency, and duration of episodes) between pregnant and non-pregnant women. Looking beyond these parameters, with a combination of State Sequence Analysis (SSA) and cluster analysis on the sequences of daily mood scores on the LCM we discovered three comparable clusters: a euthymic, a moderately ill, and a severe ill cluster. The distribution differences between pregnant and non-pregnant women were significant, with a majority of the pregnant women (68%) belonging to the moderately ill cluster and a majority of the non-pregnant women (46%) to the euthymic cluster. What about men? We present the case of a man with BD who had a manic episode immediately after the birth of his child. We argued that in this case several risk factors coincided: sleep loss due to a long, night-time delivery, subsequent sleep deprivation due to the irregular sleep pattern of the baby, and the major life event of becoming a father. This case study underscores the need to also pay attention to men with BD who become fathers.

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Risk of recurrence of mood disorders during pregnancy and the impact of medication: A systematic review

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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Predictors of recurrence of bipolar disorder during pregnancy and postpartum periods in a sample of Egyptian women

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Pregnancy and bipolar disorder: the risk of recurrence when discontinuing treatment with mood stabilisers: a systematic review

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