Postpartum psychosis: a family's perspective.
One couple's experience of a postpartum mental illness that led to the tragedy of infanticide is described. A case background is presented to highlight significant objective data relevant to a previous pregnancy. Individual recommendations are made to the health care profession on how to better intervene with families experiencing a postpartum psychiatric illness. Nursing implications are discussed.
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D003376:Counseling; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007237:Infanticide; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011247:Pregnancy; D011330:Prisons; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors