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doi: 10.1192/bjp.155.2.257.
'Puerperal psychosis' following male-to-female sex reassignment?
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'Puerperal psychosis' following male-to-female sex reassignment?
Br J Psychiatry.
1989 Aug.
Abstract
Psychosis is reported following abrupt withdrawal of oestrogen and surgery for male-to-female sex reassignment. The resemblance of the patient's mental state to puerperal psychosis suggested a hormonal aetiology.
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Psychosis in a transsexual.Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Feb;156:285-6. doi: 10.1192/bjp.156.2.285c. Br J Psychiatry. 1990. PMID: 2317639 No abstract available.
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