Catatonic postpartum paternal depression as a first debut of a bipolar disorder: a case report.
Journal
International clinical psychopharmacology
ISSN: 1473-5857
Titre abrégé: Int Clin Psychopharmacol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8609061
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 Sep 2023
20 Sep 2023
Historique:
medline:
20
9
2023
pubmed:
20
9
2023
entrez:
20
9
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Paternal postpartum depression (PD) is considered an affective disorder that affects fathers during the months following childbirth. Interestingly, it has been observed that during these months the chances of a male parent suffering from depression are double that for a non-parent male counterpart. We present the case of a 34-year-old man with no relevant medical history in who, overlapping her daughter's birth, several depressive symptoms emerged, such as fatigue, lack of concentration, sleeping disturbances and abandonment of care of the newborn. Prior to consultation, patient refused to eat and open his eyes, and his speech became progressively more parsimonious until reaching mutism. The patient was diagnosed with a severe depressive disorder with catatonia. Given the lack of improvement with pharmacological treatment and due to the evidence of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)'s effectiveness on patients with catatonia, acute ECT treatment was indicated and started. It should be noted that PD is an important entity to consider in our differential diagnosis of young parents who present a depressive episode. Few cases of relatively young patients presenting with such clinical presentation have been described and, although this case presents some of the characteristics described in the epidemiology of PD, other clinical aspects are not typical of this entity. Informed consent was obtained from the patient for the purpose of publication.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37729655
doi: 10.1097/YIC.0000000000000480
pii: 00004850-990000000-00093
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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