title: Postpartum psychosis: a study of indoor cases in a general hospital psychiatric clinic.
abstract: In a prospective study, 144 consecutive indoor cases of puerperal psychosis were assessed. Their mean age was 24.6 years. A past and a family history of psychosis was present in 12 cases each. According to RDC criteria, a majority of the patients had unspecified functional psychosis. A majority of the cases developed psychosis after the birth of a first child. Puerperal psychosis showed a positive correlation with the birth of a female child. Most of these cases developed psychiatric illness in the first 2 weeks after delivery. When the prevalence of symptoms in the study group was compared with the age- and disease-matched nonpuerperal controls, several differences were statistically significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Lady Hardinge Medical College, Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Malik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007902:Length of Stay; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis