Mothers with and without bipolar disorder and their infants: group differences in mother-infant interaction patterns at three months postpartum

Table 4 Symptom load of BD mothers at 3 months postpartum and proportion with at least one affective episode during the 0–3 months postpartum period

	Total N = 26				Primiparous N = 13				Multiparous N = 13
	n	%	M	range	n	%	M	range	n	%	M	range
Symptom load 3 months postpartum
Euthymia
IDS score 0–13	8	30.8	5.3	0–12	6	46.1	6.7	2–12	2	15.4	1.0	0–2
+ YMRS score 0–7			1.3	0–2			1.7	0–2			0
Depressive symptomatology (IDS score)
Mild (14–21)	6	23.1	18.3	16–21	3	23.1	18.7	18–19	3	23.1	18.0	16–21
Moderate (22–30)	5	19.2	26.2	23–29	1	7.7	29.0		4	30.8	25.5	23–29
Severe (31–38)	4	15.4	36.0	32–38	2	15.4	37.0	36–38	2	15.4	35.0	32–38
Manic symptomatology (YMRS score)
Hypomania (8–20)	2	7.7	14.0	10–18	0				2	15.4	14.0	10–18
Mixed state
Mild (IDS 14–21 + YMRS 8–20)	1^a	3.8			1	7.7
Affective episodes 0–3 months postpartum	12	46.1			4	30.8			8	61.5
Depressive episode
Mild	3	11.5			1	7.7			2	15.4
Moderate	2	7.7			0				2	15.4
Severe	4	15.4			3	23.1			1	7.7
Manic episode	2	7.7			0				2	15.4
Two subsequent episodes (hypomania; depression)	1	3.8			0				1	7.7

IDS = Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology, YMRS = Young Mania Rating Scale
^aIDS score = 14, and YMRS score = 11.5

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