Suicidal and infanticidal risks in puerperal psychosis of an early onset;Suizidale und infantizide Risiken im Wochenbett - klinische Erfahrungen bei Frauen mit Puerperalpsychose eines frühen Beginns

Neuropsychiatrie

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-138

  Kapfhammer, Hans Peter ^a   Lange, Peter ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Klinikum Rosenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aggression; Extended suicide; Infanticidal obsession; Infanticide; Puerperal pychosis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELIVERY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANTICIDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANTICIDE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872738717     PISSN: 09486259     EISSN: 21941327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40211-012-0023-9     Document Type: Article

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