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Depression and Anxiety in the Postpartum Period and Risk of Bipolar Disorder: A Danish Nationwide Register-Based Cohort Study.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 May 2017
Liu Xiaoqin, Agerbo Esben, Li Jiong, Meltzer-Brody Samantha, Bergink Veerle, Munk-Olsen Trine
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The first-onset affective episode requiring inpatient treatment in the postpartum period can be a marker of bipolar disorder, but it is unknown whether milder postpartum affective episodes are also indicators of underlying bipolarity. Therefore, we aimed to study whether women with a nonpsychotic postpartum affective episode treated with antidepressants have an increased risk of bipolar disorder....
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