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Title: Post-partum psychosis in the Assir region of Saudi Arabia.
Author: Shoeb, Ismail H.; Hassan, Gamal A.
Abstract:
Studied the medical notes of 91 women (aged 17-40 yrs) who had a psychiatric illness requiring admission within 9 mo of childbirth. The incidence of postpartum psychosis was 3 per 1,000 births, of which 66% were affective psychoses. It is suggested that o
Journal: British Journal of Psychiatry. 157, Sep 1990, 427-430