Introduction Postpartum Psychosis is a typical psychological problem for many women and their families. The birth of an infant is a major life event and transition for parents, and usually influences many others close to the baby’s mother. By the ties of kinship, the extended families of both parents are often intricately involved in the pregnancy and maybe major sources of support for the pregnant woman. Close interpersonal relationships and social support are derived from their influence on how individuals cope with stress. These terms differentiate between support individuals believe to be available if they should need it and the amount of support that they receive or report to have received. Postpartum psychosis definition Some researchers suppose that Postpartum Psychosis is a psychological problem caused by the birth of a child. The other position is that: “postpartum psychiatric illnesses are primarily a reflection of physiological changes, particularly endocrine changes, which occur during the first few weeks after childbearing” (Hamilton and Harberger 15). Some experts have suggested that heightened levels of estrogen and progesterone in pregnancy make pregnant women more emotionally vulnerable, although the impact of hormones on prenatal mood has not been established empirically. For the most part, prenatal emotion has not been examined as a topic in its own right, but rather it has been described in the coverage of other topics, mainly in studies focusing on the impact of maternal emotion on birth outcomes or postpartum adjustment. In these studies, mean levels of emotion are often not reported, and when reported, are not usually compared to population means, or otherwise given meaningful interpretation (Hamilton and Harberger 2002). These studies may offer an inaccurate view of emotions in pregnant women of today due to important societal changes that are likely to have altered the experience of pregnancy. For example, more pregnant women are in the workforce now than in previous decades, which has affected societal views of pregnancy and the way women view themselves. Although the tendency to treat pregnancy as sickness has receded over the last few decades, pregnancy has been increasingly medicalized. Most women now routinely undergo prenatal tests such as ultrasonography, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and alpha-fetoprotein testing. There is conflicting evidence about whether such testing and the greater availability of medical interventions, provide reassurance to pregnant women or focuses their attention on the number of things that can go wrong. Because of these changes, research must be fairly current to accurately represent the emotional state of pregnant women today (Beck and Driscoll 2005). Postpartum psychosis studies Studies using standardized measures such as the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory have produced extremely similar estimates of prenatal levels of state anxiety, and the levels reported are close to published norms for these instruments for nonpregnant women. Thus, on average, pregnant women in these studies do not appear to experience elevated anxiety (Kleiman, 2008). However, study participants have