Post-partum psychosis in the Assir Region of Saudi Arabia.
The medical notes of 91 women who had a psychiatric illness requiring admission within nine months of childbirth were studied. The incidence of post-partum psychosis was 3 per 1000 births, of which 66% were affective psychoses.
Shoeb
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Abha Psychiatric Hospital, Assir Region, Saudi Arabia.
Hassan
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D000293:Adolescent; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology