| Psychiatric admission of mentally ill mothers with their infants. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 2924246 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
There is a greatly increased risk of a woman developing a psychiatric illness requiring hospital admission during the early postpartum period. Admission of the mother has usually meant separating her from her infant at a time when bonding and attachment are developing. Nearly 40 years ago English psychiatrists began admitting infants with their mentally ill mothers, and although the theoretical basis for this is sound, there are few systematic studies of the practical problems encountered, or the outcomes. This paper compares a group of 32 psychiatrically ill postpartum women who were admitted to a Canadian general hospital psychiatric unit with their infants to a group of 26 psychiatrically ill postpartum women hospitalized on the same unit who refused admission of their infants. The women admitted with their infants were more likely to be older, living with the infants' father, in a stable residence and job, in hospital for a longer time, and caring for their babies at 2 year follow-up in contrast to the women who were admitted without their infants. The two groups were diagnostically different with joint admission mothers likely to suffer from an affective psychotic illness, while the mothers without infants were more likely to suffer from personality disorder or substance abuse. The effects of mother-infant admission and some of the practical problems encountered are discussed. |
| | |
Authors:
|
D E Stewart |
Related Documents
:
|
15362386 - Associations among homesickness, anger, anxiety, and depression. 6859906 - Possible discoid lupus erythematosus in newborn infant. report of a case with subsequen... 7202046 - Possible zeitgebers for external entrainment of the circadian rhythm of plasma corticos... 1546316 - Selective transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 variants from mothers to ... 2194266 - Neonatal susceptibility and immunity to major bacterial pathogens. 16153676 - Perception of motion trajectory of object from the moving cast shadow in infants. |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie Volume: 34 ISSN: 0706-7437 ISO Abbreviation: Can J Psychiatry Publication Date: 1989 Feb |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1989-05-04 Completed Date: 1989-05-04 Revised Date: 2007-08-01 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 7904187 Medline TA: Can J Psychiatry Country: CANADA |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 34-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
University of Toronto, Ontario. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adult Anxiety Disorders / therapy Child Abuse / psychology Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Infant Mental Disorders / therapy* Mental Retardation / therapy Mood Disorders / therapy Mother-Child Relations* Patient Admission* Personality Disorders / therapy Pregnancy Psychotic Disorders / therapy Puerperal Disorders / therapy* Schizophrenia / therapy |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Geriatric psychiatry training in Canada: current teaching facilities and resources.
Next Document: Length of stay, short stay units and psychiatric emergency admissions.