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Free explainer2 min readNICE CG192 (2020)

Perinatal risk assessment (suicide, infanticide)

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Highest perinatal risk = 'Bipolar or past puerperal psychosis — plan ahead, watch mother AND baby'.
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Checked against NICE CG192, 2014 (updated 2020)

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