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postpartum psychosis

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postpartum psychosis [‚pōs¦pärd·əm sī′kō·səs]
(psychology)
A psychotic reaction in a woman following childbirth.


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She is currently singing songs of healing, after a recent battle with late-onset postpartum psychosis.
Despite her best efforts to seek treatment, her postpartum psychosis deprived Mine of the minimum conditions of reason and free will necessary for someone to be morally responsible for such acts.
Steiner, with the sharp fall in estrogen that occurs days after delivery possibly triggering a postpartum psychosis in vulnerable women.
 
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