Postpartum‐onset obsessive–compulsive disorder: A harbinger of bipolar disorder.

Given its salient role in the triggering of both obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder, the postpartum period should offer researchers a remarkable opportunity to study the relationship between these disorders in women.[5] Learning Points Childbirth may trigger obsessive-compulsive disorder in some women. Due to the persistent nature of obsessions and their impairing effect on her daily functioning, she consulted her family physician, who diagnosed her with obsessive-compulsive disorder and prescribed sertraline 50 mg a day. First-onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder immediately after delivery in primiparous women may be associated with later development of bipolar disorder. [Extracted from the article]