DOES PUERPERAL ILLNESS DISTINGUISH A SUBGROUP OF BIPOLAR PATIENTS

被引:39
作者
HUNT, N [1 ]
SILVERSTONE, T [1 ]
机构
[1] ST BARTHOLOMEWS HOSP,COLL MED,DEPT PSYCHOL MED,LONDON,ENGLAND
关键词
BIPOLAR DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; GENDER;
D O I
10.1016/0165-0327(95)00006-9
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Puerperal psychosis was found to be the 1st illness for 13 (36%) of a series of 36 mothers with bipolar affective disorder. The risk of recurrence with childbirth in those with established bipolar disorder was found to be 25-40%. Those women who survived childbirth without illness but then became ill ata later time reported a worse illness course. Recent fatherhood was not a precipitant of 1st affective illness for any of the 28 bipolar men.
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