Psychiatric disorders of childbirth

psychiatric disorders of childbirth

Subclass of	mental disorder complicating pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium, obstetric labor complication

Psychiatric disorders of childbirth (parturition, labor, delivery), as dem oppose to those of pregnancy anaa de postpartum period, be psychiatric complications wey dey develop during anaa immediately dey follow childbirth. Despite modern obstetrics den pain control, dese disorders still be observed. Most often, psychiatric disorders of childbirth dey present as delirium, stupor, rage, acts of desperation, anaa neonaticide. Dese psychiatric complications rarely be seen insyd patients under modern medical supervision. However, care disparities between Europe, North America, Australia, Japan, den oda countries plus advanced medical care den de rest of de world persist. De wealthiest nations dey represent 10 million births each year out of de world ein total of 135 million. Dese nations get a maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 6–20/100,000. Poorer nations plus high birth rates fi get an MMR more dan 100 times higher. Insyd Africa, India & South East Asia, as well as Latin America, dese complications of parturition still fi be as prevalent as na dem be thru out human history.

Bibliography

• Brockington, Ian F. (2017). The Psychoses of Menstruation and Childbearing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316286517. ISBN 978-1-316-28651-7.
• Brockington, Ian F. (2007). Eileithyia's mischief: the organic psychoses of pregnancy, parturition and the peurperium. I. Brockington. ISBN 978-0-9540633-2-0.

External links

• "ICD-11 for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics: Mental or behavioural disorders associated with pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium". icd.who.int. Retrieved 2023-09-12.