Post-partum psychosis: which women are at highest risk?

Phillipa J Hay

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000027

Post-partum psychosis: which women are at highest risk?

PLoS Med. 2009 Feb 10;6(2):e27. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000027.

Author

Phillipa J Hay¹

Affiliation

¹ School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. P.Hay@uws.edu.au

Abstract

Phillipa Hay discusses the implications of a new study of psychotic illness and its risk factors up to 90 days postpartum in first-time Swedish mothers.

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MeSH terms

Depression, Postpartum / epidemiology
Depression, Postpartum / etiology
Estrogens / physiology
Female
Humans
Postpartum Period*
Psychotic Disorders / epidemiology*
Psychotic Disorders / etiology
Risk Factors

Substances

Estrogens