Obstetric variables associated with bipolar affective puerperal psychosis
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Obstetric variables associated with bipolar affective puerperal psychosis.
BACKGROUND Previous cross-sectional studies have highlighted a number of obstetric variables that may be associated with the development of broadly defined puerperal (post-partum) psychosis. These include: (a) primiparity, (b) pregnancy complications, (c) delivery complications, (d) Caesarean section, (e) female baby and (f) shorter gestation period. AIMS To examine these risk factors in wome...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.188.1.32