mental disorder: postpartum psychosis

This term describes the mental disorder diagnosed when a mother experiences an episode of psychosis after childbirth.

Also: postnatal, post-partum, postpartum depression, PPP

• Depression After Delivery
• Postpartum Support International

• Halvorson, Shirley Beth: A Story of Postpartum Psychosis Hardcover | Paperback 2004

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