First-time mothers at a greater risk of psychosis in the month following childbirth
Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 04:35
in Health & Medicine
A study of risk factors associated with psychotic illness after childbirth, published this week in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine, shows that first-time mothers are at the greatest risk of developing psychosis in the month following the birth of their child - even if they have never been treated in hospital for mental illness in the past...