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Acute manic episodes in pregnancy

M Finnerty1, Z Levin, L J Miller

  • 1New York State Psychiatric Institute, NY 10032, USA.

The American Journal of Psychiatry
|February 1, 1996
PubMed
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This case study highlights the challenges of managing bipolar mood disorder, type I, during pregnancy. Effective treatment involved a combination of medications and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for severe manic episodes.

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Area of Science:

  • Reproductive psychiatry
  • Mood disorders
  • Perinatal mental health

Background:

  • A 33-year-old pregnant woman (26 weeks gestation) with a history of bipolar mood disorder, type I, presented with hypomania and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus.
  • The patient experienced her first affective illness episode at age 28, following the birth of her second child, with initial postpartum depression followed by mania.
  • She had a history of seven hospitalizations for acute mania.