Joint Admission and Evaluation of Postpartum Psychiatric Patients and Their Infants
Abstract
The outcome for 13 mother-infant pairs admitted to an adult psychiatric ward was studied by interviewing the parents a year or more after discharge. Only three mothers did not consider the baby's admission a primary factor in their recovery; a review of their records showed a history of emotional difficulties related to life tasks other than mothering. The plan was most successful for those women for whom the mother-infant relationship was central to the present illness.
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