[Puerperal psychoses. Autonomy or dismantlement? A contribution to the nosographic discussion]

Since the DSM III has contested the nosographic autonomy of puerperal psychosis, various works have confirmed that exist a genuine similarity between the post-partum severe crisis and the psycho-biological definition of psychosis. The dismantling is nevertheless not always total nor convincing because the state of pregnancy and birth giving modify deeply the women personality as ist was before as well as capacity to react to events. Three cases are reported by the authors in confirmation of the above.