antipsychotics Archives - Gateway Psychiatric Excellent Psychiatric Care Wed, 10 Nov 2021 15:14:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/favicon2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 antipsychotics Archives - Gateway Psychiatric 32 32 70562394 Psychotropic Medications and Breastfeeding https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/psychotropic-medications-and-breastfeeding/ https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/psychotropic-medications-and-breastfeeding/#respond Sat, 06 Nov 2021 20:28:05 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=19212 80% of women in the U.S. will experience at least one pregnancy and 84% of babies will be breastfed. In addition, more than half of women use medications during lactation. There are many reasons for using medications during breastfeeding, but the post-partum period is a time of high vulnerability to mood and anxiety episodes, and the effects of a mood ...

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]]> https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/psychotropic-medications-and-breastfeeding/feed/ 0 19212 Neuroscience Based Nomenclature https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/neuroscience-based-nomenclature/ Sun, 26 Mar 2017 18:03:51 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=12572 Neuroscience Based Nomenclature is an initiative by a number of prestigious organizations supporting research in neuroscience and psychiatry to change the way that we talk about psychotropic / psychiatric medications. Why this might be useful is illustrated by conversations that are likely familiar to all psychiatrists… A severely depressed patient with bipolar 1 is discussing her need for a change ...

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]]> 12572 Antipsychotic Medications in Pregnancy https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/antipsychotic-medications-in-pregnancy/ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:27:03 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=11347 After decades during which the accepted medical dogma was that pregnant women should avoid all medications, the last 10 years have shown a significant increase in the quality of information available to help guide pregnant women in making decisions about which medications to continue taking during pregnancy. A recent editorial in the JAMA Psychiatry gives a sense of the context and ...

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]]> 11347 Antipsychotics https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/antipsychotics/ Thu, 31 Dec 2015 20:13:41 +0000 https://www.gatewaypsychiatric.com/?p=9674 I just wanted to note the addition of a page on atypical antipsychotics which I added to the existing page on antidepressants and hope to compliment with a page on mood stabilizers. This page, and its companions, are all intended to be adjuncts to treatment, a place for patients with an interest in knowing more about medications and medication changes ...

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