Postpartum psychiatric disorders: Early diagnosis and management

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2015, Pages 216-221

  Rai, Shashi ^a   Pathak, Abhishek ^b   Sharma, Indira ^c  

^a SAMBAL Drug De addiction and Psychiatric Centre   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Perinatal mental illness; postpartum blues; postpartum period; postpartum psychosis

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; LORAZEPAM; NORTRIPTYLINE; OLANZAPINE; PAROXETINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ELECTROLYTE; ESTROGEN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROGESTERONE;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DSM-IV-TR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEEDING DIFFICULTY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REASSURANCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CESAREAN SECTION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DSM-5; DSM-IV; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; ICD-10; IRRITABILITY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MOOD DISORDER QUESTIONNAIRE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POSTPARTUM BLUES; PRIMIGRAVIDA; SINGLE PARENT; THYROID FUNCTION TEST; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE CULTURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 84938369106     PISSN: 00195545     EISSN: 19983794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5545.161481     Document Type: Review

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