Experiences of recovering from postpartum psychosis: a service-user/researcher collaboration

Background/Objectives: Every year, over 1,300 women in the UK suffer a psychotic episode following childbirth. Known as ‘postpartum psychosis’ or ‘puerperal psychosis', these episodes onset suddenly in the days after having a baby and can be a frightening experience for women, their partners, friends and family. Despite good clinical recovery, women report that coming to terms with the experience is a lengthy process. Pilot work found that recovering women search the internet for information but find it limited, misleading or sensationalist. The objective of this study was to explore the experience of women with…