Insanity Of Pregnancy

Is almost always of the melancholic variety, and usually manifests itself in the third, fifth, or seventh month, hereditary insanity, in the great majority of cases, being the predisposing cause The minor forms, not infrequently met with in pregnant females, may be traced in perversion of the appetite and desires, the uncertainty and irritability of temper, and in cases more developed, a great tendency to the suicidal impulse