Other non-organic postpartum psychoses
It is much less common to encounter other acute psychoses in the puerperium. Psychogenic psychosis
This is the name given to a psychosis whose theme, onset and course are all related to an extremely stressful event. The psychotic symptom is usually a delusion. Over 50 cases have been described, but usually in unusual circumstances, such as abortion or adoption, or in fathers at the time of the birth of one of their children. They are occasionally seen after normal childbirth. Paranoid and schizophrenic psychoses
These are so uncommon in the puerperium that it seems reasonable to regard them as sporadic events, not puerperal complications. Early postpartum stupor
Brief states of stupor have rarely been described in the first few hours or days after the birth. They are similar to parturient delirium and stupor, which are among the psychiatric disorders of childbirth. Organic postpartum psychoses
There are at least a dozen organic (neuropsychiatric) psychoses that can present in pregnancy or soon after childbirth. The clinical picture is usually delirium – a global disturbance of cognition, affecting consciousness, attention, comprehension, perception and memory – but amnesic syndromes and a mania-like state also occur. The two most recent were described in 1980 and 2010, and it is quite likely that others will be described. Organic psychoses, especially those due to infection, may be more common in nations with high parturient morbidity. Infective delirium
The most common organic postpartum psychosis is infective delirium.
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Amethyst is found in many locations around the world.