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Neuroticism in the Early Puerperium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. J. Kear-Colwell
J. J. Kear-Colwell*
Affiliation:
Department of Mental Health, University of Aberdeen
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This study has arisen from an almost universal clinical observation that many mothers during the first few days of the puerperium show evidence of disturbed emotion. This has been variously described by such terms as “labile emotional reactions” (Millar, 1962), a hysteroid reaction (Robin, 1962), “an emotional lability and a tendency to a mild depression” (James, 1959). It would appear that obstetricians and midwives view these reactions as a natural phenomenon associated with childbirth.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 111 , Issue 481 , December 1965 , pp. 1189 - 1192
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1965 

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