Perinatal mental health (PND / postpartum psychosis)

HIGH-YIELD Appears 4×

Teaching point

Postnatal depression -> assess SUICIDAL and INFANTICIDAL ideation first, plus sleep/feeding. Postpartum psychosis = psychiatric EMERGENCY -> admit (mother-baby unit), antipsychotic (quetiapine) +/- lithium; ECT if severe/refractory.

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