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Case Reports
. 1989 Aug:155:257-9.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.155.2.257.

'Puerperal psychosis' following male-to-female sex reassignment?

P Mallett  1 , E J Marshall, C V Blacker
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'Puerperal psychosis' following male-to-female sex reassignment?

P Mallett et al. 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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