postpartum psychosis

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An acute mental disorder occurring in the mother following childbirth.

postpartum psychosis

Etymology: L, post, after, partus, birth; Gk, psyche, mind

an episode of psychosis, which may be depressive, after childbirth. Because the condition usually develops in the month after childbirth, endocrinologic factors are believed to be a cause.

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