Leaders of the D.S.M., the world’s most influential psychiatric manual, have been split for more than five years over whether to recognize postpartum psychosis as a distinct disorder.
Emily Sliwinski got home from the hospital after giving birth to her first child three years ago, and almost immediately began spiraling.
Her thoughts raced; she was unable to sleep; she began hallucinating that her dog was speaking to her. She becam... [1639 chars]