Jennifer L. Payne, MD
Jennifer Payne, MD, a professor in the UVA Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences and expert in reproductive psychiatry, talked with NPR about the use of antidepressants by women who are pregnant.
Doctors are pushing back against a recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration expert panel that raised concerns about the safety of antidepressant use during pregnancy.
According to Payne, many of the studies cited by some panelists—such as those suggesting a link between SSRI use during pregnancy and infant heart defects—have been discredited. “That has been debunked over and over,” she says.
Payne also points out that several studies referenced during the panel were “poorly controlled.”
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