Pregnancy is a complex and vulnerable period that presents a number of challenges to
women, including the development of postpartum psychiatric disorders (PPDs). These …

Objective: Psychosis or mania after childbirth is a psychiatric emergency with risk for suicide
and infanticide. Method: The authors reviewed the epidemiologic and genetic research and …

Postpartum psychosis (PPP) is at once the most dangerous and the least understood of
perinatal psychiatric disorders. It affects 1 to 2 per 1000 women and constitutes a true …

A variety of organisms including mammals have evolved a 24h, self-sustained timekee**
machinery known as the circadian clock (biological clock), which enables to anticipate …

The fetal phase of life has long been recognized as a sensitive period of development. Here
we posit that pregnancy represents a simultaneous sensitive period for the adult female with …

Background Women with bipolar disorder are at high risk of affective psychoses following
childbirth (ie “postpartum psychosis”, PP) and there is a need to identify which factors …

Introduction: Despite increased interest in the pharmacotherapy of bipolar disorder during
pregnancy and the postpartum period, management of the disorder during these critical …

Postpartum psychosis is a severe psychiatric condition which affects 1-2 of every 1000
mothers shortly after childbirth. Whilst there is convincing evidence that the condition is …

Post-partum depression (PPD) with varying clinical manifestations affecting new parents
remains underdiagnosed and poorly treated. This minireview revisits the pharmacotherapy …

Background Emerging evidence suggests a possible role for immune system dysregulation
in the pathogenesis of postpartum psychosis (PP) but the evidence is limited. The current …