CLINICAL AND SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH POST-PARTUM PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - A HOSPITAL BASED STUDY

Abstract

Introduction: In the critical postpartum period the mother and her infant are the most vulnerable to both physical and emotional problems. Aims & objectives: To study the socio-demographic prole of women diagnosed with postpartum psychiatric conditions. Results: Ninety-eight (98) patients were involved in this study. Conclusions: Postpartum psychiatric disorders seem to occur more commonly in younger mothers, especially belonging to the third decade of life, unemployed women (house wives), women belonging to joint and extended nuclear families or having lower educational status and less social support.