I was losing touch with reality, and on the sixth morning of our son’s life, I proclaimed to Ross and my mum that I’d ...

Postpartum psychosis is a rare event. It affects approximately 1 to 2 out of every 1,000 women. For women with bipolar disorder, the chances of developing it are 100 times higher, at around 1 to 2 ...

Some are faced with a more lethal and rare diagnosis: postpartum psychosis. The condition has a rapid onset, with symptoms often appearing within two weeks of childbirth, though they can appear ...

Many postpartum mental health issues affect women globally, and among them is postpartum psychosis, which is a serious mental health disorder. According to a new study, it affects up to 1,200 new ...

At first no specific connection was observed between progesterone and remission of post-partum psychosis, but it soon became evident that striking benefit could be achieved through the use of the ...

Jessica Pidsley describes her pregnancy with her firstborn as "peace and war". She was 30 at the time, working as an actor, comedian and writer, and enjoying perfect health in the lead up to her ...

The authors define postpartum psychosis as an exceptionally rare and severe postpartum psychiatric disorder, affecting between 0.1–0.2% of new mothers. Several aspects of pregnancy and the ...

Sands, the stillbirth & neonatal death charity, has worked extremely closely with EastEnders to ensure that this story was portrayed as truthfully as possible. Below, Erica Stewart (Bereavement ...

Today we meet 29-year-old Hannah Faulkner who suffered from such bad postpartum psychosis that she thought her 11-week-old daughter Esther had died and would come back from the dead. Hannah ended ...

After the singer’s best friend was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis, she shared her story on social media. We all need to keep the conversation going. Despite her endearingly candid persona ...