Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:1579-1581
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Thyroid function in psychosis following childbirth
DE Stewart, AM Addison, GE Robinson, R Joffe, GN Burrow and MP Olmsted
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
Postpartum thyroiditis has been suggested as a cause of psychosis following
pregnancy. However, 30 hospitalized psychotic postpartum women and 30
control subjects matched for age and time since delivery showed no
significant differences in thyroid function or the presence of thyroid
antibodies.
