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Given the variety of symptoms associated with PPP, a thorough consideration of other psychiatric and non-psychiatric (or organic) causes must be ruled out through a combination of diagnostic labwork and imaging, as well as clinical presentation - a non-exhaustive sample of these other causes is examined below (see Organic postpartum psychoses ...
Postpartum stupor has been described, [40] [41] beginning immediately or very shortly after the birth. The mother remains speechless, immobile and unresponsive to any stimuli for hours or even a day or more. [42] These stupors differ in duration and clinical features from postpartum bipolar disorder. They have been phasic, with recovery and ...
A postpartum disorder or puerperal disorder is a disease or condition which presents primarily during the days and weeks after childbirth called the postpartum period.The postpartum period can be divided into three distinct stages: the initial or acute phase, 6–12 hours after childbirth; subacute postpartum period, which lasts two to six weeks, and the delayed postpartum period, which can ...
To learn more about postpartum depression in men, we caught up with licensed marriage and family therapist Darren D. Moore, Ph.D. Meet the Expert Darren D. Moore, Ph Yes, Men Can Get Postpartum ...
Writer Ayana Lage opens up about being diagnosed with postpartum psychosis, a mental health condition affecting approximately 1-2 of every 1,000 mothers.
The PSQ (Psychosis Screening Questionnaire) is the most common tool in detecting psychotic symptoms and it includes five root questions that assess the presence of PLE (mania, thought insertion, paranoia, strange experiences and perceptual disturbances) [123] The different tools used to assess symptom severity include the Revised Behavior and ...
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In the DSM-V, diagnosis is made under major depressive disorder, with the added specifier “With peripartum onset” if the episode occurs during pregnancy or the first four weeks postpartum. [1] Postpartum depression is not to be conflated with postpartum psychosis, which is qualitatively different. [2] [3]