Standard 12: Specific risk assessment in women of childbearing age.

Criteria
12a There is a record of a risk assessment and management plan for women of childbearing age which includes:
• advice and explanation of risks of becoming pregnant during treatment
• access to contraceptive advice
• the considered involvement of a partner
• previous history of puerperal psychosis
• suitability of current medication while pregnant and in the postnatal period
• the effects of medication on the foetus and on the woman, and
• the risk of relapse if medication needs to be withdrawn or changed.

12b There is a record that practitioners follow a local treatment algorithm for the management of women who are pregnant and being cared for through the ICP process.