title: Post partum psychosis: a clinical study.
abstract: In this study of 192 cases of post partum psychosis, the mean age of cases was 24.2 years. A past history of post partum psychosis was present in 16 cases (8.3%). As per the RDC categories, a majority of patients had unspecified functional psychosis and developed psychosis after the birth of first child. There was a positive correlation between the birth of female child and psychosis. The majority of cases developed psychosis within first 2 weeks after delivery. There were several other statistically significant differences when these cases were compared with non-puerperal, disease-matched controls.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences, Shahdara, 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; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000453:epidemiology; D004565:Electroconvulsive Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011275:Pregnancy, Unwanted / Q000523:psychology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012723:Sex
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents