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Psychosis Following Hydatidiform Mole in a Patient with Recurrent Puerperal Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. W. Hopker  and
I. F. Brockington
S. W. Hopker
Affiliation:
Bierley Hall Hospital, Bradford
I. F. Brockington*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Birmingham University, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

The association of a puerperal psychosis with the removal of a trophoblastic tumour supports the hormonal hypothesis for the aetiology of puerperal psychosis and suggests new lines of investigation into this disorder.

British Journal of Psychiatry (1991), 158, 122–123

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 158 , Issue 1 , January 1991 , pp. 122 - 123
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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