{"id":11028,"date":"2021-06-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/path-perinatal.eu\/uk\/?post_type=professionals&p=11028"},"modified":"2022-01-28T14:21:56","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T14:21:56","slug":"postpartum-psychosis","status":"publish","type":"professionals","link":"https:\/\/path-perinatal.eu\/uk\/professionals\/postpartum-psychosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Postpartum psychosis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The acute onset of severe psychiatric episodes following childbirth\u2014postpartum (or puerperal) psychoses\u2014are among the most severe forms of illness seen in psychiatry. Postpartum psychosis affects 1\u20132 per 1,000 women after childbirth.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Women with a history of bipolar affective disorder<\/span><\/a> have a 20% risk of suffering a severe recurrence following delivery and an even higher risk (approaching 50%) of experiencing any mood episode in the postpartum period, including non-psychotic major depression.1,2<\/sup><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Risk of developing postpartum psychosis increases to 50% in women with a diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder and family history (mother or sister having postpartum psychosis).<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

50% or more of women who develop postpartum psychosis have no history that suggests they should be considered at high-risk. 3<\/sup><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The best-established risk factor for susceptibility to postpartum psychosis is a history of bipolar disorder or previous severe postpartum episodes. Other factors contributing to the pathophysiology of postpartum psychosis include obstetric factors such as primiparity, medication cessation, psychosocial risk factors, hormonal, immunological factors, sleep deprivation, genetic factors and factors identified in neuro-imaging studies.4<\/sup><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Symptoms of postpartum psychosis include<\/strong>:<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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