Stratification of the risk of bipolar disorder recurrences in pregnancy and postpartum

Di Florio, Arianna ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0338-2748, Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Forty, Liz, Kosorok, Michael R., Fraser, Christine, Perry, Amy, Bethell, Andrew, Craddock, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-0610, Jones, Lisa and Jones, Ian R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5821-5889 2019. Stratification of the risk of bipolar disorder recurrences in pregnancy and postpartum. British Journal of Psychiatry 213 (3) , pp. 542-547. 10.1192/bjp.2018.92

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Abstract

Background Pregnancy and childbirth are a period of high risk for women with bipolar disorder and involve difficult decisions particularly about continuing or stopping medications. Aims To explore what clinical predictors may help to individualise the risk of perinatal recurrence in women with bipolar disorder. Method Information was gathered retrospectively by semi-structured interview, questionnaires and case-note review from 887 women with bipolar disorder who have had children. Clinical predictors were selected using backwards stepwise logistic regression, conditional permutation random forests and reinforcement learning trees. Results Previous perinatal history of affective psychosis or depression was the most significant predictor of a perinatal recurrence (odds ratio (OR) = 8.5, 95% CI 5.04–14.82 and OR = 3.6, 95% CI 2.55–5.07 respectively) but even parous women with bipolar disorder without a previous perinatal mood episode were at risk following a subsequent pregnancy, with 7% developing postpartum psychosis. Conclusions Previous perinatal history of affective psychosis or depression is the most important predictor of perinatal recurrence in women with bipolar disorder and can be used to individualise risk assessments.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG)
Publisher:	Royal College of Psychiatrists
ISSN:	0007-1250
Funders:	Wellcome Trust
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 April 2018
Date of Acceptance:	16 April 2018
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2023 10:34
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/110897

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