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‘Puerperal Psychosis' Following Male-to-Female Sex Reassignment?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Mallett ,
E. J. Marshall  and
C. V. R. Blacker
P. Mallett*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE
E. J. Marshall
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE
C. V. R. Blacker
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Psychosis is reported following abrupt withdrawal of oestrogen and surgery for male-to-female sex reassignment. The resemblance of the patient's mental state to puerperal psychosis suggested a hormonal aetiology.

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Brief Reports
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 2 , August 1989 , pp. 257 - 259
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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