Postpartum psychosis in a non-native language-speaking patient: A perspective on language barriers and cultural competency

• 作者: Christine M Lomiguen Jun Lin Justin Chin Pritesh J Shah Tatsuhiko Naito
• 来源期刊: 综合精神医学(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: POSTPARTUM PSYCHOSIS a NON-NATIVE language-speaking PATIENT cultural COMPETENCY
• 年，卷（期）: zhjsyxyw_2019,（3）
• 页码范围: 159-162
• 页数: 4页
• 分类号: R

摘要

SUMMARY Postpartum psychosis is a condition characterised by rapid onset of psychotic symptoms several weeks after childbirth. Outside of its timing and descriptions of psychotic features, minimal research exists due to its relative rarity (1 to 2 per 1000 births in the USA), with greater emphasis on postpartum sadness and depression. With the existi叩 literature, cultural differences and language barriers previously have not been taken into consideration as there are no documented cases of postpartum psychosis in a non-English-speaki叩 patient. Correctly differentiating postpartum psychosis from other postpartum psychiatric disorders requires adeptly evaluating for the presence of psychotic symptoms with in-depth history taking.