Article
Familial Risk of Postpartum Psychosis.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jun 2025
Kępińska Adrianna P, Robakis Thalia K, Humphreys Keith, Liu Xiaoqin, Kahn René S, Munk-Olsen Trine, Bergink Veerle, Mahjani Behrang
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Postpartum psychosis is one of the most severe psychiatric conditions, with high risks of suicide and infanticide if untreated. Although genetic factors contribute to the risk of postpartum psychosis, the extent of familial risk remains to be determined. The authors compared relative recurrence risk across different family relationship types, hypothesizing that relative recurrence risk for postpartum...
Topics
- Humans
- Female
- Psychotic Disorders
- Adult
- Sweden
- Siblings
- Puerperal Disorders
- Registries
- Risk Factors
- Postpartum Period
- Recurrence
- Cohort Studies
