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Bipolar mood disorder (manic depression)
Bipolar mood disorder affects 1–3 per cent of the population, and the first presentation of this illness for women is not uncommon when the first childis born. Although only 1–2 in1000 women will develop this condition postnatally,it causes major disruption when it does appear. An illness episode ofthis type following childbirth is known as ‘puerperal […]
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