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Postpartum psychosis

Definition

From:

NICE Guideline CG192 - Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Psychosis often with mania and/or depressive symptoms in the immediate postnatal period, which can become very severe extremely quickly.

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