Clinical features
- mixed anxiety and depression state
- may become hypomanic on rare occasions
- labile mood
- insomnia
- delusions or hallucinations may occur
- delusional ideas may involve the baby
- suicidal ideas can occur which may include the baby
Differential diagnosis:
- schizophrenia with hallucinations does occur occasionally in the post-natal period
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