Table 1. Comparison of symptoms between postpartum blues, postpartum depression, and postpartum psychosis.

The table is adapted from Fishbein (2017) (Open source) [11].

Postpartum blues	Postpartum depression	Postpartum psychosis
Affects up to 80% of new mothers	Affects between 10% and 15% of new mothers	Affects one to two out of 1000 new mothers
Crying	Persistent sadness	Auditory and visual hallucinations
Sadness	Poor concentration	Paranoia
Anxiety	Feelings of worthlessness and guilt	Anxiety
Irritability	Irritability	Agitation
Insomnia	Anhedonia	Insomnia
Mood lability	Insomnia	Suicidal or homicidal thoughts
	Hypersomnia	Bizarre delusions or commands to harm the infant
	Somatic symptoms, poor bonding with infant, recurrent thoughts of death, or suicide	-