Introduction to perinatal mental health consensus guide by the Japanese Society of Perinatal Mental Health; focusing on psychopharmacotherapies

Abstract

The perinatal mental health consensus guide (CG) was published on the website of the Japanese Society of Perinatal Mental Health on March 31, 2017. This CG has been developed to provide advice to clinical management and serve as provision for mental health problems during pregnancy and the postnatal period. This paper focuses on how to use antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilizers from pregnancy to childbirth according to the contents of the CG.