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'Puerperal psychosis' following male-to-female sex reassignment?
P Mallett1, E J Marshall, C V Blacker
1Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
Abstract:
Psychosis is reported following abrupt withdrawal of oestrogen and surgery for male-to-female sex reassignment. The resemblance of the patient's mental state to puerperal psychosis suggested a hormonal aetiology.