Violent State of Postpartum Psychosis

Abstract Postpartum psychosis is an alarming health condition that affects women as well as the child if untreated. A 23-year-old female patient brought to the psychiatric unit with a 15-day urinary tract infection (UTI) and a lower segment cesarean section (LSCS) P1 A0 L1 - 20 days prior, was diagnosed with postpartum psychosis. The symptoms included abnormal behavior, irrelevant talking, fear, suspicion, sleep disturbance, delusion, and hallucination, as well as an unwillingness to breastfeed her infant and attempts to harm the newborn. Pus cells, RBCs, epithelial cells with blood traces, nitrites, and bacteria were all present in her urine analysis report. The patient was admitted for 25 days, treated with a non-pharmacological and pharmacological approach, counseled by psychiatric and was discharged after recovery.