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DSM-IV: Postpartum Onset Specifier for Mood Disorders


Criteria for Postpartum Onset Specifier
(cautionary statement)  

Specify if: 

With Postpartum Onset (can be applied to the current or most recent Major Depressive, Manic, or Mixed Episode in Major Depressive Disorder, Bipolar I Disorder, or Bipolar II Disorder; or to Brief Psychotic Disorder

Onset of episode within 4 weeks postpartum

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American Psychiatric Association

 


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