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Antidepressant Exposure In Pregnancy And Child Sensorimotor And Visuospatial Development, Megan Galbally, Stuart J. Watson, Olav Spigset, Philip Boyce, Tim F. Oberlander, Andrew J. Lewis

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Motor development underlies many aspects of education and learning. There has been uncertainty about the impact of exposure of antidepressant medication in pregnancy on child motor outcomes. This paper examines whether exposure to antidepressants in utero increases the risk of poorer motor development in two areas: sensorimotor and visuospatial processing. Data were obtained from 195 women and children across 3 groups: women with untreated depression in pregnancy, women treated with antidepressants and control women. Data were collected across pregnancy, postpartum and until 4 years for mother and child. Maternal depression was established at baseline with the Structured Clinical Interview for …

Is Intimate Partner Violence More Common In Pregnant Women With Severe Mental Illness? A Retrospective Study, Liana Suparare, Stuart J. Watson, Ray Binns, Jacqueline Frayne, Megan Galbally

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Objective: To examine the risk of past and current experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) in women with severe mental illness (SMI) in pregnancy.

Methods: We examined past and current experiences of IPV in women with SMI in pregnancy. The data of 304 women with SMI including schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders and Bipolar Disorder meeting International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) criteria were extracted from hospital records at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Western Australia. Comparisons were made between our study data and the Australian population data reported by the Australian Bureau …