Postpartum panic disorder.
The literature on postpartum psychiatric disorders is limited to descriptions of depressive and/or psychotic syndromes. The authors describe three cases of panic disorder presenting for the first time in the early postpartum period. Clinicians should differentiate between postpartum panic disorder and the well-recognized presentation of postpartum depression.
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Department of Psychiatry, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111.
Sichel
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Goff
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