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Premenstrual relapse of puerperal psychosis
I F Brockington1, A Kelly, P Hall
1Birmingham University Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, U.K.
Journal of Affective Disorders
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
Eight patients suffering from puerperal psychosis rapidly recovered, then relapsed shortly before the onset of their first menstrual period; five of them had repeated premenstrual relapses. This clinical observation supports a hormonal aetiology for post-partum psychosis.