Healio (3/10, Herpen) reports, “Postpartum unwanted intrusive thoughts based on intentional infant-related harm or obsessive-compulsive disorder [OCD] were not associated with elevated risk of harm to infants,” investigators concluded in a study that “drew from a prospective, province-wide sample of 763 English-speaking women who had just given birth and were aged 19 years and older,” to which “a total of 388 participants responded.” The findings were published online in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Related Links:
— “Postpartum thoughts of infant-related harm, OCD unrelated to risk of maternal aggression “Robert Herpen, Healio, March 10, 2022