In today's episode of Psych Talk I discuss postpartum psychosis. The Lindsay Clancy case has been covering news outlets for weeks and has started a conversation about postpartum psychosis. Regardless of if she actually was experiencing postpartum psychosis or not, the reality is postpartum psychosis is a very real and rare mental health disorder. In this episode I briefly touch on postpartum depression and anxiety, as well as psychosis in general. I then discuss postpartum psychosis symptoms, risk factors, and outcomes. Further, I discuss treatment for postpartum psychosis, the lack of guidelines we have for treating postpartum psychosis, and the general lack of support for individuals in the postpartum period.
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www.postpartum.net
Interventions for the Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Psychosis
A Review of Postpartum Psychosis
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Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts by Karen Kleiman
Not Your Mother’s Postpartum Book by Caitlin Slavens & Chelsea Bodie
The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Jonson
This Isn't What I expected by Karen Kleiman & Valerie Davis Raskin
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