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A 31 year old woman presents with 7-10 days following childbirth, with loss of feeling for the child, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance and intrusive and unpleasant thoughts of harming the baby. What is the best treatment for this patient?

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A 31 year old woman presents with 7-10 days following childbirth, with loss of feeling for thechild, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance and intrusive and unpleasant thoughts of harming the baby. What is the best treatment for this patient?

  1. Fluoxetine
  2. Haloperidol
  3. CBT
  4. Reassurance
  5. ECT
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waelhammad
2022-11-02
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The key is A. Fluoxetine. ["Intrusive thought" of harming the baby is postpartum depression and attempt to harm is postpartum psychosis. So the given case is postpartum depression and answer is A.Fluoxetine].

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