Use of psychiatric medications during pregnancy and lactation ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins - Obstetrics. ACOG practice bulletin: clinical management guidelines for obstetrician-gynecologists number 92, April 2008 (replaces practice bulletin number 87, November 2007 [re-affirmed 2018]). The NICE clinical management and service guidance on antenatal and postnatal mental health, published recently, is relevant to healthcare professionals who care for women who are planning a pregnancy, are pregnant or during the postnatal period (the first year after giving birth) (NICE, 2007). Everything NICE has said on antenatal and postnatal mental health in an interactive flowchart ? NICE uses cookies to make the site better. care and treatment of mental health problems in women during pregnancy and the using NICE guidelines explains how we use The Kaiser Permanente (KP) Adult Depression Clinical Practice Guideline is the result of the extensive clinical expertise, collaborative efforts, and outstanding personal contributions of the following participants: KP Adult Depression Guideline Project Management Team David Price, MD Clinical Lead Care Management Institute RCOG statement on revised NICE guidelines on antenatal and postnatal mental health News 17 December 2014 This guideline covers the mental healthcare of women who have, or are at risk of, mental health problems in the antenatal period and the postnatal period, from childbirth to the end of the first year. Depression During Pregnancy: Signs, Symptoms and Treatment. Pregnancy is supposed to be one of the happiest times of a woman's life, but for many women this is a time of confusion, fear, stress, and even depression. Knowledgeable pharmacists can positively influence not only mothers who are depressed, but also women who want to breast-feed but do not because of medication use. In any breast-feeding situation, the pharmacist and mother need to weigh the benefits of medication use and breast-feeding