Bridget María Chesterton在分娩后约两周内经历了严重的精神危机，包括记忆丧失、言语混乱和与现实脱节等症状。1 她随后接受了危机精神健康护理，在BryLin医院住院约两周，之后因病情恶化又被非自愿机构化两周。1 通过抗精神病药物治疗和以丈夫、父母及产后陪护专业人士组成的家庭支持系统，Chesterton最终康复。她在女儿出生约一年后停用抗精神病药物，到女儿一周岁时已恢复正常。1
Chesterton选择公开讲述自己的经历，旨在消除人们对产后精神病这一严重但常被误解的心理健康状况的错误认识。1 产后精神病是一种罕见疾病，影响分娩后的1到2/1000妇女，远少于约1/7新母亲患上的产后抑郁症。1 Chesterton撰写的关于这次经历的诗歌将在秋季发表在期刊上。1
Bridget María Chesterton has opened up about her struggle with postpartum psychosis, a severe mental health crisis she experienced in the weeks following childbirth, in an effort to dispel widespread misunderstandings about the condition that has gained attention amid the Lindsay Clancy case.1
Chesterton's symptoms emerged approximately two weeks after delivery, manifesting as memory loss, incoherent speech, and a disconnection from reality.1 She received crisis mental health care at BryLin Hospital, where she initially spent about two weeks before undergoing involuntary hospitalization for another two weeks as her condition deteriorated.1 Recovery came through a combination of antipsychotic medication and robust family support, including assistance from her husband, parents, and postpartum care professionals.1 She discontinued antipsychotic medication roughly a year after her daughter's birth and had fully recovered by the time her child reached one year old.1
Postpartum psychosis is a rare condition, affecting one to two per 1,000 women after delivery—significantly less common than postpartum depression, which affects approximately one in seven new mothers.1 Chesterton's poetry reflecting on her experience will be published in a journal this fall.1
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