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nbme form 4 block 2 can any one explain it - nawal - ArchivalUser - 08-23-2015
45. A 20-year-oJd woman feels sad. cries occasionally, and doubts her abiity to take care of her healthy 3-day-old
newborn. She has started to breastfeed, and her sleep and appetite are normal. Which of the following is the
most likely explanation for her feelings?
A) Adjustment disorder with depressed mood
B) Brief reactive psychosis
~C) Major depressive episode
• D) Normal reaction to birth
- E) Postpartum pituitary necrosis
I choose d is it correct
0 - ArchivalUser - 08-24-2015
i think d correct
it is postpartum blues
but if the symptoms last for longer than two weeks then it is post partum depression.it is not normal
0 - ArchivalUser - 08-24-2015
D should be correct , part of baby blues !