Postpartum unwanted intrusive thoughts based on intentional infant-related harm or obsessive-compulsive disorder were not associated with elevated risk of harm to infants, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
“UITs of infant-related harm are a core feature of postpartum OCD,” Nichole Fairbrother, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, and colleagues wrote.
“Further, although it is widely accepted that OCD is not associated with an increased risk of violence and that sufferers are not at risk of acting on