title: Late onset postpartum psychoses.
abstract: It has been known since the eighteenth century that postpartum psychoses can begin several weeks after childbirth, not during the first fortnight. There are almost 400 non-organic episodes in the literature, starting more than 3 weeks after the birth; some of them are recurrent. The distinction of this disorder from early onset puerperal psychosis is supported by the distribution of onsets (which shows a steep fall after 14-15 days), survey data and the association with later pregnancies, not the first. Marcé believed that these late onsets were related to the resumption of menstruation. This is a hypothesis worth investigating.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK. I.F.BROCKINGTON@bham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brockington
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019052:Depression, Postpartum / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: 4–13 week onsets; Late postpartum onset; Postpartum psychosis; Weaning onset