Sudden and severe onset Sometimes referred to as puerperal psychosis or postnatal psychosis, postpartum psychosis is a mental illness that happens right after giving birth. “[It] is a sudden ...

In a piece for Processing, a Stylist Frame Of Mind series, Emily Beecher shares her experience of postnatal psychosis and how this inspired a musical about motherhood. Content note: the article ...

Here, one writer shares her own experiences of postpartum psychosis and postnatal depression following the birth of her son. I was expecting a lot of things after becoming the owner of a freshly ...

Postpartum depression can affect mothers within the first year of motherhood but for some, the feelings of sadness, isolation and sometimes intrusive thoughts can extend far beyond the 12 month mark ...

I had heard of postnatal depression before, but I had never heard of postpartum psychosis. The first time I was told the term I knew that it fitted; I didn’t feel like I was falling down the ...

No-one knows exactly what postnatal depression is - but no-one ... Science also recognises this illness and calls it "psychosis". The number of cases is the same everywhere in the world and ...

The experience of post-partum psychosis and its aftermath ...

Experiencing a family death in childhood is associated with a small but significant increase in risk of psychosis, suggests a paper by The University of Manchester published today on bmj.com. The ...