Obstetric and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with severe mental illness at a specialist antenatal clinic.

Objective: To evaluate the obstetric and neonatal outcomes of pregnant women with severe mental illness (SMI) who attended a specialist multidisciplinary antenatal clinic in Perth, Western Australia.

Design, Setting And Participants: A retrospective case-note audit of outcomes from the Childbirth and Mental Illness Antenatal Clinic (CAMI clinic) at King Edward Memorial Hospital for pregnant women with severe mental illness (SMI), aged 18-41 years, who gave birth between December 2007 and April 2011, and their babies.

Main Outcome Measures: Obstetric and neonatal outcomes for 138 women and newborns from singleton live births.