June 2021

PSYCHIATRY

TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION DURING PREGNANCY: BALANCING DISEASE CONTROL AND MEDICATION EXPOSURE

Featuring: Katherine L. Wisner, MD

Episode Summary

In this Better Edge podcast, Katherine L. Wisner, MD, director of the Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders and a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern Medicine, discusses the treatment of depression during pregnancy, balancing disease control and medication exposure.

“I sometimes still hear the old knee-jerk reaction that a doctor says to stop all of your medications when you're pregnant or breastfeeding. That puts women at risk for disease recurrence and has to be replaced by knowledgeable decision-making that balances the effects of the treatment with a control of the disease,” says Dr. Wisner.
Katherine Wisner, MD, is the director for Asher Center for the Study and Treatment of Depressive Disorders, Norman and Helen Asher Professor. Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology​.

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