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

The perinatal period is associated with an increased risk of severe mental disorders. We
summarise the evidence regarding the epidemiology, risk factors, and treatment of severe …

The UK Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (CEMD) has represented a gold standard
internationally for detailed investigation and improvement in maternity care for over 60 …

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 …

Sex is clearly important in unipolar mood disorder with compelling evidence that depression
is approximately twice as common in women than in men. In the case of bipolar disorder …

Throughout most of their lives, women are at greater risk for depression than men.
Hormones and neurotransmitters share common pathways and receptor sites in areas of the …

Postpartum psychoses are a severe form of postnatal mood disorders, affecting 1–2 in every
1000 deliveries. These episodes typically present as acute mania or depression with …

Mood disorders disproportionately affect women across the lifespan. Mood disorders in
pregnancy and the postpartum period are common and have profound implications for …

Deletions and reciprocal duplications of the chromosome 16p13. 1 region have recently
been reported in several cases of autism and mental retardation (MR). As genomic copy …

Mrs. A, a 34-year-old married mother who lived with her husband and their 5-year-old
daughter, strangled her infant son to death 3 weeks after birth. She had a planned, healthy …