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Recurrent Post-Partum Psychosis

A Model for Prospective Clinical Investigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

R. Kumar ,
S. Isaacs  and
E. Meltzer
R. Kumar
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry and the Bethlem and Royal Maudsley Hospitals, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF
S. Isaacs
Affiliation:
Department for Children and Parents, Tavistock Clinic, 120, Belsize Lane, London NW3. Formerly Registrar, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals
E. Meltzer
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospitals
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Summary

Two women who both experienced a psychotic illness after each of three consecutive pregnancies are described. Subjects who are at high risk for post-partum psychotic breakdown offer an almost unique opportunity for prospective tests of hypotheses about the aetiology of severe mental illness.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 142 , Issue 6 , June 1983 , pp. 618 - 620
Copyright
Copyright © 1983 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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