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Interpreting Incidence of Hospitalization for Postpartum Psychotic and Bipolar Episodes Study
Bernard L. Harlow, PhD;
Hadine Joffe, MD
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We read with interest the letter by Dr Jones and his colleagues1 regarding the interpretation of our recent study.2 They stated that our study
suggests that the risk of postpartum psychosis is higher among women with a history of schizophrenia than women with previous episodes of bipolar disorder1(p356)
and that "this is in stark contrast to previous studies."1(p356),3-7
Although we appreciate the close examination of our analyses by Jones and colleagues, we made no such comparison in our article. Our data show that among women hospitalized for schizophrenia before their first live birth, 21.7% were hospitalized for a psychotic (not bipolar) disorder during the postpartum period. This was the average rate of postpartum psychosis between those hospitalized prior to pregnancy (8.3%) and during the prenatal period (55.4%). In contrast, among women hospitalized for bipolar disorder prior to their first pregnancy that resulted in . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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