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Antidepressants in Pregnancy: A Doctor's Opinion

— Multiple confounders may make study less meaningful

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New research appearing in shows that the early data suggesting a link between antidepressant use in pregnancy and persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN), a rare and morbid condition, may be due to confounding. In this video, Perry Wilson, MD, discusses that over-adjustment may have contributed to these results.

, is an assistant professor of medicine at the Yale School of Medicine. He earned his BA from Harvard University, graduating with honors with a degree in biochemistry. He then attended Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. From there he moved to Philadelphia to complete his internal medicine residency and nephrology fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. During his research time, Dr. Wilson also obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania. He is an accomplished author of many scientific articles and holds several NIH grants. He is a 51˶ reviewer, and in addition to his video analyses he authors a blog, . You can follow on Twitter or like him at .