Postnatal psychosis more common in older first-time mothers

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 - 02:21 in Health & Medicine

Women who give birth for the first time after the age of 35 run a greater risk than younger first-time mothers of suffering a psychosis in the months after delivery. This according to a study from Karolinska Institutet published in the latest issue of the open access scientific periodical PLoS Medicine...

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