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| Postnatal Psychotic Depression |
This is the most severe form of postnatal depression which occurs in about 0.1% of recently delivered women. It usually surface within the first two weeks after delivery.
Symptoms include a loss of touch with reality, dramatic mood changes, confusion, as well as hallucinations and delusions.
Typically, hospitalisation is required for this illness, which is considered a psychiatric emergency, as it possesses a high risk of selfharm and infanticide. Close follow-ups are necessary as the risk of recurrence during subsequent pregnancies is as high as seventy percent. |
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Depression may affect you during pregnancy and in your postnatal period, and cause difficulties not only to you, but also for your baby and family.
However, with early recognition and treatment, chance of recovery can be good. The goal for early detection and treatment is to enable you to have the wonderful experience of caring for your baby.
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| Women's Mental Wellness Service |
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Women's Mental Wellness Service at KK Women's and Children's Hospital is dedicated to women who suffer from a spectrum of psychiatric disorders and to help improve the lives of these women and their families.
Clinical care will be complemented by research that will enable better-informed clinical care and dissemination of important findings that emerge across the field of women's mental health.
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| Useful Resources |
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1. To book an appointment:
Call KKH Central Appointments at 6294 4050
Monaday to Friday, 8.00 am - 6.00 pm
Saturday, 8.30 am - 1.00 pm
Sunday, 9.00 am - 12.00 pm
2. Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Support and Education Group:
Held on every alternate Tuesday afternoons, 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm.
For more enquiries, please call 6394 3739.
3. KK Ask-A-Nurse service: 1900-556-8773
This hotline operates daily from 8.00 am – 12.00 midnight.
Each call will be charged.
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Reference books available at National Library Board:
1. Down came the rain: a mother’s story of depression and recovery by famous actress Brooke Shields; London - Michael Joseph 2005 (618.76 SHI - [HEA])
2. The mother-to mother postpartum depression support book: real stories from women who lived through it and recovered by Sandra Poulin; New York - Berkley Books 2006 (618.76 POU - [HEA])
3. Coping with postnatal depression by Sandra L Wheatley; London - Sheldon Press 2005 (618.76 WHE - [HEA])
4. Pregnancy blues: what every woman needs to know about depression during pregnancy by Shaila Kulkarni Misri; New York - Delacorte Press 2005 (618.76 MIS - [HEA])
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| Click here to download Perinatal Depression booklet (in PDF format) |
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