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Support for partners, relatives, and friends is available to help them cope with the impact of postpartum psychosis.
If your partner, relative or friend is going through an episode of postpartum psychosis or recovering, do not be afraid to get help yourself. Talk to a mental health professional or get help from Action on Postpartum Psychosis for dads and co-parents or grandparents. The Royal College of Psychiatrists has information and advice for partners, family and friends.
Service · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
The recovery period from postpartum psychosis can last up to 12 months or more, with severe symptoms typically lasting between two and twelve weeks.
The most severe symptoms tend to last 2 to 12 weeks, and it can take 6 to 12 months or more to recover completely from the condition.
Service · Observational claim · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Regular home visits from midwives, health visitors, and mental health nurses are recommended for high-risk individuals after childbirth.
In the first few weeks after your baby is born, you should have regular home visits from a midwife, health visitor and mental health nurse.
Service · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
High-risk individuals should be seen by a perinatal psychiatrist and have specialist care during or before pregnancy.
If you're at high risk of developing postpartum psychosis, you should have specialist care during or before pregnancy and be seen by a perinatal psychiatrist.
Commissioning · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Individuals with a history of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia are at higher risk for postpartum psychosis.
- already have a diagnosis of bipolar disorder or schizophrenia - have a family history of mental illness, particularly postpartum psychosis (even if you have no history of mental illness) - developed postpartum psychosis after a previous pregnancy
Context · Observational claim · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Support from peers, mental health professionals, and charities can aid recovery after postpartum psychosis.
Talking to peers and others with lived experience of the illness may be helpful. Some inpatient units and communities have peer support workers who have experienced the illness, and you can also access support through charities.
Service · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) can help individuals manage their problems and recover from postpartum psychosis.
As you move forward with your recovery, you may benefit from seeing a therapist for cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT). CBT is a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave.
Service · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may be recommended if other treatments are ineffective or the situation is life-threatening.
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is sometimes recommended if all other treatment options have failed, or when the situation is thought to be life threatening.
Service · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Medications such as antipsychotics, mood stabilisers, and antidepressants may be prescribed for postpartum psychosis.
- antipsychotics – to help with manic and psychotic symptoms, such as delusions or hallucinations - mood stabilisers (for example, lithium) – to stabilise your mood and prevent symptoms recurring - antidepressants – to help ease symptoms if you have significant symptoms of depression and may be used alongside a mood stabiliser
Service · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Treatment for postpartum psychosis often includes hospitalization, ideally in a mother and baby unit (MBU).
Treatment usually happens in hospital. Ideally, this would be with your baby in a specialist psychiatric unit called a mother and baby unit (MBU). But you may be admitted to a general psychiatric ward until an MBU is available.
Service · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Most people with postpartum psychosis make a full recovery if they receive the appropriate treatment.
Most people with postpartum psychosis make a full recovery as long as they receive the right treatment.
Service · Observational claim · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Individuals at high risk for postpartum psychosis should have a pre-birth planning meeting around 32 weeks of pregnancy.
You should have a pre-birth planning meeting at around 32 weeks of pregnancy with everyone involved in your care. This includes your partner, family or friends, mental health professionals, your midwife, obstetrician, health visitor and GP.
Commissioning · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Postpartum psychosis should be treated as a medical emergency due to the risk it poses to both mother and baby.
It's a serious mental illness that should be treated as a medical emergency. It can get worse rapidly and the illness can risk the safety of the mother and baby.
Policy · Procedural statement · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Symptoms of postpartum psychosis typically appear within the first two weeks after childbirth, often within hours or days.
Symptoms usually start suddenly within the first 2 weeks after giving birth - often within hours or days of giving birth. More rarely, they can develop several weeks after the baby is born.
Context · Observational claim · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Postpartum psychosis affects around one in every thousand mothers after giving birth.
It affects around 1 in 1,000 mothers after giving birth.
Context · Observational claim · From Postpartum psychosis, [page]
Charities like Anxiety UK and Anxiety Care UK provide information, advice, and support for people with claustrophobia.
Charities, such as Anxiety UK and Anxiety Care UK, are useful sources of information and advice about how to effectively manage anxiety and phobias. They can also put you in touch with other people who have had similar experiences.
Service · Policy statement · From Claustrophobia, [page]
You can refer yourself directly to an NHS talking therapies service for claustrophobia treatment.
You do not need a referral from your GP. You can refer yourself directly to a talking therapies service.
Service · Policy statement · From Claustrophobia, [page]
Exposure therapy is a type of CBT that gradually exposes you to the situation causing your fear.
Exposure therapy is a type of CBT that gradually exposes you to the situation that causes your fear. It's sometimes also known as desensitisation therapy.
Service · Policy statement · From Claustrophobia, [page]
CBT is a talking therapy that can effectively deal with claustrophobia.
CBT is a talking therapy that explores your thoughts, feelings and behaviour, and develops practical ways of effectively dealing with your phobia.
Service · Policy statement · From Claustrophobia, [page]
A child may develop claustrophobia if they associate confined spaces with their parent's anxiety.
A child growing up with a parent who has claustrophobia may develop claustrophobia themselves by associating confined spaces with their parent's anxiety and feeling helpless to comfort the person they loved.
Context · Observational claim · From Claustrophobia, [page]