Risk of Relapse in Psychotic and Bipolar Disorders After Prenatal Antipsychotic Discontinuation

In this cohort study, women with psychotic disorders who discontinued antipsychotic treatment during pregnancy were at a higher risk of severe relapse and the results for those who discontinued prepregnancy suggest a possible increase in risk, compared with those who continued, which aligns with findings observed beyond the perinatal period; results in women with bipolar disorder were inconclusive. There is an urgent need to investigate the effectiveness of antipsychotics on both severe and nonsevere relapses in the perinatal period in prospective clinical cohort studies.