TY - JOUR
T1 - Prescribing of Psychiatric Medication to Bereaved Parents Following Perinatal/Neonatal Death
T2 - An Observational Study
AU - Lacasse, Jeffrey R.
AU - Cacciatore, Joanne
PY - 2014/10
Y1 - 2014/10
N2 - To examine psychiatric prescribing in response to perinatal/neonatal death, we analyzed data from a cross-sectional survey of 235 bereaved parents participating in an online support community. Of the 88 respondents prescribed medication, antidepressants were most common (n = 70, 79.5%) followed by benzodiazepines/sleep aids (n = 18, 20.5%). Many prescriptions were written shortly after the death (32.2% within 48 hr, 43.7% within a week, and 74.7% within a month). Obstetrician/gynecologists wrote most prescriptions given shortly after loss. Most respondents prescribed antidepressants took them long-term. This sample is select, but these data raise disturbing questions about prescribing practices for grieving parents.
AB - To examine psychiatric prescribing in response to perinatal/neonatal death, we analyzed data from a cross-sectional survey of 235 bereaved parents participating in an online support community. Of the 88 respondents prescribed medication, antidepressants were most common (n = 70, 79.5%) followed by benzodiazepines/sleep aids (n = 18, 20.5%). Many prescriptions were written shortly after the death (32.2% within 48 hr, 43.7% within a week, and 74.7% within a month). Obstetrician/gynecologists wrote most prescriptions given shortly after loss. Most respondents prescribed antidepressants took them long-term. This sample is select, but these data raise disturbing questions about prescribing practices for grieving parents.
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U2 - 10.1080/07481187.2013.820229
DO - 10.1080/07481187.2013.820229
M3 - Article
C2 - 24588074
AN - SCOPUS:84904298155
SN - 0748-1187
VL - 38
SP - 589
EP - 596
JO - Death Studies
JF - Death Studies
IS - 9
ER -