Abstract
We report the following clinical statistics of the patients mostly suffering from post-partum mental disorders, and also those suffering from mental disorders during a period of pregnancy or after abortion. These observation were made over a period of nine years from October 1, 1965 through September 30. 1974.
1) Total number of female cases in our hospital's psychiatric department during this period was 1, 744 excluding those who came only for medical examination. Of these, 52 patients sufferd a disease during the 6 months period after either childbirth or still-birth. This results in a rate of 2.98%.
2) These 52 patients' disorders can be subdivided into the following groups:
a. Confused, delirious state-6
b. Schizophrenia-6
c. Depression-14
d. Suspected Sheehan's syndrome-1
e. Persecution delusion-1 (This patient also suffered from hearing difficulty)
f. Neurosis-24
3) Our patients' age at the onset of their disease tended to be somewhat older than the national average for childbirth given in statistics gathered in 1969.
4) Number of delivery per patient were less than the national average of the statistics. Neurotic and depressed patients tended to have had more than two deliveries while confused, delirious state, and schizophrenic patients tended to have had less.
5) The interval between childbirth and onset of illness were:
a. Confused, delirious state-mostly within 1 week
b. Schizophrenia-mostly 1 to 3 months
c. Depression-all cases 8 days to 3 months
d. Neuroses-various interval
6) The onset of illness during period of pregnancy was:
a. Confused, delirious state-1
b. Depression-1
c. Neuroses-2
The onset of illness after abortion was:
a. Depression-1
b. Neuroses-5
Both of these groups were much less in number than those suffering from onset after the childbirth
