{"id":4567,"date":"2023-12-06T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/?page_id=4567"},"modified":"2023-12-06T13:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T13:09:56","slug":"severe-mental-health-problems-and-postpartum-psychosis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/severe-mental-health-problems-and-postpartum-psychosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe mental health problems and postpartum psychosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very occasionally, some people can develop a severe mental health problem including a severe depressive episode, a severe anxiety disorder or a psychotic illness. From research, we know that some people are at a higher risk of developing more severe episodes of illness in the perinatal period including those who have been severely unwell before, in previous perinatal periods or those with a family history of severe perinatal illness. We also know that women with a pre-existing diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder or Schizophrenia are at an increased risk of having a relapse in the perinatal period or developing a postpartum psychosis.<\/p>\n<p>Postpartum psychosis is a relatively uncommon condition affecting approximately 2 out of every 1000 women who have babies. It is a serious condition that requires specialist hospital treatment and early identification of symptoms is key to accessing the right treatment at that right time.<\/p>\n<p>Postpartum psychosis can start in the first few days or weeks following childbirth and can progress rapidly. The symptoms include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A disturbance in sleep pattern and not being able to sleep or rest<\/li>\n<li>Feeling agitated and confused or disorientated<\/li>\n<li>Feeling suspicious or fearful<\/li>\n<li>Having strange or unusual ideas or thoughts called delusions or delusional beliefs<\/li>\n<li>Hallucinations, hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting or feeling things that are not there<\/li>\n<li>Loss of inhibitions where you may behave in a way that is out of character<\/li>\n<li>Labile mood where you may experience rapid mood change from depressed and tearful to elated in quick succession<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Postpartum psychosis is a treatable condition, but it is important to access your health provider at the earliest opportunity to ensure you can access the right care quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The higher risk group for developing a postpartum psychosis include women who have a diagnosis of Bipolar Affective Disorder, Schizophrenia or have had a previous postpartum psychosis or have a family member who have experienced a postpartum psychosis. Women in this group are encouraged to attend pre-conception counselling within their local specialist perinatal team to discuss their individual care plan to reduce the risk of becoming unwell in the perinatal period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very occasionally, some people can develop a severe mental health problem including a severe depressive episode, a severe anxiety disorder or a psychotic illness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4567","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Severe mental health problems and postpartum psychosis - Mental Health<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Very occasionally, some people can develop a severe mental health problem including a severe depressive episode, a severe anxiety disorder or a psychotic illness.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hub.gmintegratedcare.org.uk\/mental-health\/severe-mental-health-problems-and-postpartum-psychosis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Severe mental health problems and postpartum psychosis - 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