TY  - JOUR
T1  - INterpreting incidence of hospitalization for postpartum psychotic and bipolar episodes study
AU  - Harlow BL, Joffe H
Y1  - 2009/03/01
N1  - 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.552
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 331
EP  - 332
VL  - 66
IS  - 3
N2  - 
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 a live birth, 8.5% were hospitalized for a postpartum bipolar disorder. This was the average rate of postpartum bipolar disorder between those hospitalized for a bipolar disorder prior to pregnancy (5.15%) and during the prenatal period (41.3%). If one compares prepregnancy hospitalization for schizophrenia with bipolar disorder with respect to risk of the same condition during the postpartum period, the differences are not that great (8.3% of 191 subjects vs 5.2% of 710 subjects). The same holds true for prenatal hospitalizations (55.4% of 85 subjects vs 41.3% of 76 subjects).

SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.552
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2008.552
ER  -