title: Review of a mother-baby unit in a psychiatric hospital.
abstract: Admissions to a mother-baby unit in a psychiatric hospital were reviewed over a 51 month period. Forty-four mothers (3 admitted twice) and 44 babies were admitted. Eighteen women were diagnosed as having major depression (1 admitted twice), 14 with schizophreniform psychosis, 8 with schizophrenia (2 admitted twice), 4 with bipolar disorder, 2 with anxiety disorders and in 1 diagnosis was deferred. Data are presented from these women's background and that related to pregnancy, as well as duration of stay and treatment in the unit. A description of the unit is also included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Austin/Larundel Hospitals, University of Melbourne.
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Buist
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dennerstein
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Burrows
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006783:Hospitals, State; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*