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Meaning of "puerperal psychosis" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS

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Puerperal psychosis is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Postpartum psychosis

Postpartum psychosis is a term that covers a group of mental illnesses with the sudden onset of psychotic symptoms following childbirth. A typical example is for a woman to become irritable, have extreme mood swings and hallucinations, and possibly need psychiatric hospitalization. Often, out of fear of stigma or misunderstanding, women hide their condition. In this group there are at least a dozen organic psychoses, which are described under another heading "organic pre- and postpartum psychoses". The relatively common non-organic form, still prevalent in Europe, North America and throughout the world, is sometimes called puerperal bipolar disorder, because of its close link with manic depressive disorder; but some of these mothers have atypical symptoms, which come under the heading of acute polymorphic psychosis. Puerperal mania was first clearly described by the German obstetrician Friedrich Benjamin Osiander in 1797, and a literature of over 2,000 works has accumulated since then. These psychoses are endogenous, heritable illnesses with acute onset, benign episodic course and response to mood-normalizing and mood-stabilizing treatments.

Definition of puerperal psychosis in the English dictionary

The definition of puerperal psychosis in the dictionary is a mental disorder sometimes occurring in women after childbirth, characterized by deep depression, delusions of the child's death, and homicidal feelings towards the child.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS

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WORDS THAT END LIKE PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS

affective psychosis
alphosis
anamorphosis
cirrhosis
diagnosis
gomphosis
homomorphosis
Korsakoff´s psychosis
kyphosis
metamorphosis
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Synonyms and antonyms of puerperal psychosis in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «puerperal psychosis» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS

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The translations of puerperal psychosis from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puerperal psychosis» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

产褥期精神病
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

psicosis puerperal
570 millions of speakers

English

puerperal psychosis
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज़च्चा मनोविकृति
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الذهان النفاسي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

послеродовый психоз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

psicose puerperal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিউরপারাল সাইকোসিস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

psychose puerpérale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Psikosis puerperal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wochenbettpsychose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

産褥期精神障害
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

출산의 정신병
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Psikosis puerperal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

rối loạn tâm thần hậu sản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மனநல மருத்துவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्युएपरल सायकोसिस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Puerperal psikoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

psicosi puerperale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

psychoza połogowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

післяродовий психоз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

psihoză puerperală
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

επιλόχειο ψύχωση
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

puerperale psigose
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

puerperal psykos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

barselpsykose
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puerperal psychosis

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS»

The term «puerperal psychosis» is used very little and occupies the 175.500 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puerperal psychosis

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS»

Discover the use of puerperal psychosis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puerperal psychosis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry
Thuwe also found that around 10% of the children of patients with puerperal psychosis developed an acute psychotic illness later in life, and this was a six- fold increase over the rate in the control groups. In a large family study, Protheroe  ...
George Stein, Greg Wilkinson, 2007
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The Diagnosis of Psychosis
This may be an important trigger for puerperal psychosis via the induction of dopaminergic dysfunction. Such dopaminergic dysfunction predicts the recurrence of puerperal psychosis and mood disorders [534, 535]. Oestradiol has been used ...
Rudolf N. Cardinal, Edward T. Bullmore, 2011
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Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: A Clinician's Guide
Puerperal psychosis. Archives in General Psychiatry, 38, 829-833. Chaudron, L. H., & Pies, R. W. (2003). The relationship between postpartum psychosis and bipolar disorders: A review. )ournal of Clinical Psychiatry, 64, 1284-1292. Cohen  ...
Cheryl Tatano Beck, Jeanne Driscoll, 2006
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Kaplan & Sadock's Study Guide and Self-Examination Review in ...
The answer is A Puerperal psychosis is the most severe form of postpartum psychiatric illness. In contrast to postpartum blues and depression, puerperal psychosis is a rare event that occurs in approximately one to two per 1,000 women after ...
Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock, Pedro Ruiz, 2012
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New Research on Postpartum Depression
Episodes of puerperal psychosis occurred in 20 out of the 27 (74%) parous women with bipolar disorder who had a family history of puerperal psychosis in a first-degree relative but in only 38 of the 125 (30%) women with bipolar disorder with ...
Adrian I. Rosenfield, 2006
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Psychiatry
Time of onset Puerperal disorder Incidence (%) postpartum Maternity blues 50 3– 4 days Postnatal depression 10–15 <1 month Puerperal psychosis 0.2 7–14 days Maternity blues Maternity blues (also called 'baby blues') is a minor mood ...
Neel Burton, 2011
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A Guide to Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing by Sreevani
Common puerperal mental disorders are : A. Postnatal blues B. Postnatal depression C. Puerperal psychosis a. Postnatal blues (transitory mood disorders) Postnatal blues are transient, a self limiting condition with no known serious after  ...
Jaypee Brothers, Medical Publishers, Sreevani, 2007
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Perinatal Mental Health: A Clinical Guide
Puerperal psychosis. Achallenge for health professionals in practice. Community Practitioner, 76, 182–5. Davies, B. and Allen, D. (2007). Integrating 'mental illness ' and 'motherhood': The positive use of surveillance by health professionals.
Professor Colin R. Martin, 2012
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Oxford Desk Reference: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Presentation Puerperal psychosis presents following 1 in 500 births. Onset is rapid and usually within a few days of delivery. The majority of cases are episodes of bipolar disorder triggered by childbirth in individuals who either have a history ...
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Lesley Regan, Aris Papageorghiou, 2011
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Mental Disorders and Somatic Illness
Another reason advanced for eschewing the concept of puerperal psychosis as a clinical entity was that psychiatrists disagreed over the correct definition of the puerperium, i.e. the time interval after the birth during which a psychosis could ...
Malcolm Harold Lader, 1983

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS»

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Could Postpartum Psychosis Symptoms Explain The Capitol Hill …
Postpartum psychosis is considered the most severe of all puerperal psychosis disorders. Around one to two women out of 1,000 experience these relentless ... «Medical Daily, Oct 13»
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Risk of puerperal psychosis highest after birth of first baby
The risk of bipolar affective puerperal psychosis - a severe mental illness following childbirth - is highest after the birth of a first baby, a new study has confirmed. «News-Medical.net, Jan 06»
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Bipolar disorder and childbirth: the importance of recognising risk
The majority of the women who died by suicide suffered an abrupt onset of a severe psychotic illness within days of childbirth - a 'puerperal psychosis', to use ... «British Journal of Psychiatry, Jun 05»

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