POST PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES—AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES1

100 consecutive out patients with onset of Psychiatric illness within 40 days of child birth were studied by using Indian Psychiatric Interview Schedule and a specially designed Proforma. It was found that post partum psychiatric syndromes occurred most frequently in patients less than 25 years of a...

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Autores principales: Gautam, Shiv, Nijhawan, Madhu, Gehlot, P.S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1982
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3012801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965943
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description 100 consecutive out patients with onset of Psychiatric illness within 40 days of child birth were studied by using Indian Psychiatric Interview Schedule and a specially designed Proforma. It was found that post partum psychiatric syndromes occurred most frequently in patients less than 25 years of age. Stress of Physical illness was present in a considerably high number of patients (74%). In 66% the Psychiatric illness was associated with first child birth and risk of Puerperal Psychosis in subsequent deliveries was found to be 32%.; Onset of illness is seen most frequently (85% cases) within 3 weeks of child birth. The Diagnostic breakup showed Schizophrenic reactions (68%) affective disorders (25%) and neurotic reactions (7%). Findings have been discussed.
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spelling pubmed-30128012011-10-02 POST PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES—AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES1 Gautam, Shiv Nijhawan, Madhu Gehlot, P.S. Indian J Psychiatry Original Article 100 consecutive out patients with onset of Psychiatric illness within 40 days of child birth were studied by using Indian Psychiatric Interview Schedule and a specially designed Proforma. It was found that post partum psychiatric syndromes occurred most frequently in patients less than 25 years of age. Stress of Physical illness was present in a considerably high number of patients (74%). In 66% the Psychiatric illness was associated with first child birth and risk of Puerperal Psychosis in subsequent deliveries was found to be 32%.; Onset of illness is seen most frequently (85% cases) within 3 weeks of child birth. The Diagnostic breakup showed Schizophrenic reactions (68%) affective disorders (25%) and neurotic reactions (7%). Findings have been discussed. Medknow Publications 1982 /pmc/articles/PMC3012801/ /pubmed/21965943 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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POST PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES—AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES1
title POST PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES—AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES1
title_full POST PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES—AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES1
title_fullStr POST PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES—AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES1
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title_short POST PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC SYNDROMES—AN ANALYSIS OF 100 CONSECUTIVE CASES1
title_sort post partum psychiatric syndromes—an analysis of 100 consecutive cases1
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21965943
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