Pregnant and mentally ill: A labor-intensive clinical challenge
Current Psychiatry. 2008 February;07(02):15-16
February 1, 2008|Psychiatry
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Helping the mother without harming the child is like walking a tightrope: it calls upon all our skills, experience, and sound judgment.
P.S. To help you manage potential medico-legal issues such as prescribing during pregnancy, Current Psychiatry welcomes Douglas Mossman, MD, as editor of Malpractice Rx. This month, Dr. Mossman discusses documentation and invites you to submit questions about liability.
