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Post-abortion mania

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We describe case histories of three women with post-abortion mania, including two women who underwent a change in diagnosis from bipolar II to bipolar I disorder and another woman who had no prior history of psychiatric disturbance. It is argued that the study of post-abortion mania should provide an opportunity to better understand the aetiology of puerperal mania.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

    Verinder Sharma

  2. Perinatal Clinic, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London, Ontario, Canada

    Verinder Sharma & Christina Sommerdyk

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

    Verinder Sharma & Sapna Sharma

  4. Regional Mental Health Care London, 850 Highbury Avenue, London, Ontario, N6A4H1, Canada

    Verinder Sharma

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Correspondence to Verinder Sharma.

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Sharma, V., Sommerdyk, C. & Sharma, S. Post-abortion mania. Arch Womens Ment Health 16, 167–169 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-013-0328-0

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