RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT

A case of recurrent pre and postpartum psychosis is described. Pre-partum psychosis was more severe in intensity when compared with postpartum psychosis and, if untreated, it may have continued as postpartum psychosis. Presence of bipolar affective illness in the family, ongoing stressor and unplann...

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Autores principales: Mendhekar, D.N., Srivastava, P.K., Jiloha, R.C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2002
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206887
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description A case of recurrent pre and postpartum psychosis is described. Pre-partum psychosis was more severe in intensity when compared with postpartum psychosis and, if untreated, it may have continued as postpartum psychosis. Presence of bipolar affective illness in the family, ongoing stressor and unplanned pregnancy may be the risk factors for developing pregnancy- related psychosis. This case report also adds weight to the proposition that puerperal psychosis might occur in late pregnancy also.
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spelling pubmed-29536602011-01-04 RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT Mendhekar, D.N. Srivastava, P.K. Jiloha, R.C. Indian J Psychiatry Case Report A case of recurrent pre and postpartum psychosis is described. Pre-partum psychosis was more severe in intensity when compared with postpartum psychosis and, if untreated, it may have continued as postpartum psychosis. Presence of bipolar affective illness in the family, ongoing stressor and unplanned pregnancy may be the risk factors for developing pregnancy- related psychosis. This case report also adds weight to the proposition that puerperal psychosis might occur in late pregnancy also. Medknow Publications 2002 /pmc/articles/PMC2953660/ /pubmed/21206887 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT
title RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT
title_full RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT
title_fullStr RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT
title_full_unstemmed RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT
title_short RECURRENCE OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS IN BOTH PRE AND POST-PARTUM PERIODS: A CASE REPORT
title_sort recurrence of puerperal psychosis in both pre and post-partum periods: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2953660/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21206887
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