Brief Psychotic Disorder With Postpartum Onset

This disorder is a subtype of brief psychotic disorder that occurs during the peripartum period, typically within four weeks postpartum. Etiology involves hormonal fluctuations, sleep deprivation, psychosocial stress, and potential genetic susceptibility. Clinically, patients present with hallucinations, delusions, disorganized behavior, and emotional lability, often posing risk to self or infant. Diagnosis requires temporal correlation with childbirth, exclusion of other psychotic or mood disorders, and careful assessment of risk. Management includes antipsychotic medication, hospitalization if necessary for safety, and psychosocial support for mother-infant bonding. Prognosis is favorable with prompt recognition and intervention, although recurrence in future pregnancies is possible.