Postpartum psychosis affects 0.1 – 0.2% of all women who have recently given birth. The symptoms of postpartum psychosis develop very abruptly and require immediate action by relatives. Psychosocial counseling is not enough here.
If the woman shows the following signs of illness, seek help immediately:
– Fear of persecution
– Hearing voices
– Phases of very strong agitation
– Imagining/seeing things and events that do not correspond to reality
– Fantasies of omnipotence and rescue
– Serious aggression towards oneself or other people (including the baby)
Don’t wait, call the doctor or the fire department immediately, call the district’s social psychiatric service or the Berlin crisis service, which is staffed around the clock.