Article
Risk of puerperal and non-puerperal recurrence of illness following bipolar affective puerperal (post-partum) psychosis.
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science - 1 Mar 2005
Robertson Emma, Jones Ian, Haque Sayeed, Holder Roger, Craddock Nick
Abstract excerpt
The clinical value of information on the risk of future psychiatric illness in women who have experienced puerperal (post-partum) psychosis has been limited by inconsistencies in terminology and nosology. Here we report rates of subsequent puerperal and non-puerperal episodes, in a well characterised sample of women diagnosed with clearly defined bipolar affective puerperal psychosis (n=103). Out of 54 women...
Topics
- Adult
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression, Postpartum
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Prognosis
- Recurrence
- Risk Assessment
- Survival Analysis
