Original Article
Clinical and Socio‑demographic Profile of Women with Post‑partum Psychiatric Conditions at a Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital in Southeast Nigeria between 2009 and 2011
Author(s):
Ndukuba AC*, Odinka PC, Muomah RC and Nwoha SO
Background: Pregnancy and labor in areas with high maternal morbidities as in Nigeria could be sufficiently stressful to precipitate mental disorders in women after delivery, which may be a new or a relapse of previously existing one, or an exacerbation of an attenuated mental illness in the nursing mother. Mental illness in a nursing mother, if not treated may result in impaired motherâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?infant relationship. Aim: To determine the clinical and socioâÂÃ?Â?ÂÃ?Â?demographic characteristics of women diagnosed with postpartum psychiatric conditions in a tertiary mental health facility of a developing country. Subjects and Methods: A retrospective case note reviews of 76 women diagnosed with postpartum psychiatric conditions for the first time in the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Enugu between January 2009 and December 2011. Results: The mean .. Read More»
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