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[deleted] t1_j66cgp4 wrote

Reply to comment by rayvin4000 in 8-month-old baby injured in Duxbury family tragedy dies, DA says by Jezebels_lipstick

It is a form of psychosis which is what schizophrenia is. It is a break from reality with auditory or visual hallucinations. Psychosis is psychosis. Post partum psychosis refers to psychosis occurring after giving birth.

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rayvin4000 t1_j66cnlc wrote

I see. So ppd is way different than psychosis.

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[deleted] t1_j66dnvu wrote

No. It is the same psychosis ETA: PPD is psychosis that develops after birth. But psychosis is psychosis. It isn’t a different kind of psychosis. It is usually temporary and will resolve unlike schizophrenia in which suffers have psychosis and hallucinations but that illness is lifelong

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Feisty-Donkey t1_j66e39e wrote

Her comment was correct. PPD= Postpartum Depression.

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[deleted] t1_j66ek0b wrote

Ahh, I re-read and I see what you mean. Agreed that PPD doesn’t always progress to post partum psychosis

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