PMID- 27570341 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160829 LR - 20200928 IS - 0253-7176 (Print) IS - 0975-1564 (Electronic) IS - 0253-7176 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Jul-Aug TI - Psychiatric Morbidity and Correlates in Postpartum Women in a Tertiary Care Hospital. PG - 309-14 LID - 10.4103/0253-7176.185956 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: A range of psychological disorders occur in women in the postpartum period apart from the traditional blues, postpartum depression and psychosis. These include obsession of infanticide, PTSD, morbid preoccupations regarding child birth and disorders of mother-infant relationships, though they are under emphasized. METHODS: it is a cross-sectional study conducted in the tertiary maternity care hospital. A total of 152 study subjects were interviewed on MINI (Mini International Neuropsychiatric Inventory) and GAF (Global Assessment of Functioning) within 2 weeks after delivery. RESULTS: The psychiatric morbidity was seen in 67 (44%) of the study subjects. About 26% of subjects had Depressive disorder NOS. Obsessive harm to the child, Panic disorder, Social phobia were the other disorders identified. There were no cases of Mania, Bipolar disorder, psychosis, post traumatic stress disorder or substance use disorder diagnosed across the sample. The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score averaged 87.8. Statistically significant association was seen to be present between psychiatric illness and number of previous still births and dead children before this delivery (P = 0.045). CONCLUSIONS: The study reveals that psychiatric co-morbidity is very common in the postpartum period and can be detected as early as first week after delivery. Social phobia identified as a common association is a new finding and needs further replication. It needs a larger sample with a prospective assessment to generalize the findings of our study. FAU - Kumar, Narendra AU - Kumar N AD - Department of Psychiatry, MMC and RI, Mysore, Karnataka, India. FAU - Nagaraj, Anil Kumar Mysore AU - Nagaraj AK AD - Department of Psychiatry, MMC and RI, Mysore, Karnataka, India. FAU - Koudike, Umashree AU - Koudike U AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, B. J. Medical College, Pune, Maharashtra, India. FAU - Majgi, Sumanth Mallikarjuna AU - Majgi SM AD - Department of Community and Medicine, MMC and RI, Mysore, Karnataka, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Indian J Psychol Med JT - Indian journal of psychological medicine JID - 7910727 PMC - PMC4980897 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Anxiety disorders OT - correlates OT - depression OT - obsessions OT - postpartum EDAT- 2016/08/30 06:00 MHDA- 2016/08/30 06:01 PMCR- 2016/07/01 CRDT- 2016/08/30 06:00 PHST- 2016/08/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/08/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/08/30 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - IJPsyM-38-309 [pii] AID - 10.4103/0253-7176.185956 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Indian J Psychol Med. 2016 Jul-Aug;38(4):309-14. doi: 10.4103/0253-7176.185956.