Depression and psychosis are different clinical illnesses. Mania and rage do not = psychosis. Mania is an elevated mood, rage is an emotion, and psychosis is a clinical illness in which a person loses touch with reality, often presenting with delusions and hallucinations. This is important to point out because postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis are two separate disorders.
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Thank you so much for this wonderful article, especially clarifying that postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis are different illnesses. I am disappointed that a mental health professional would make the claim that there are cases in which women with postpartum depression kill their children. Research says otherwise. This is a barrier to women seeking help.
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Women with PPD do not target their children, nor their husbands. That is a false claim.
^This.
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