妊娠、分娩以及产褥期中,都可以发生精神活动的紊乱,它们可以表现为神经症的形式,也可以表现为重性精神病的形式。导致这些精神活动失常的原因是多种多样的,但总括说来,在这整个的过程中,所发生的机体内在环境的变化、心理因素以及产褥期中发生的感染,是其最主要的原因。防止这类神经症和精神病的发生,以及它们的早期诊断和及时治疗,不仅是精神科医生的任务,同样也是产科医师和助产士的任务,因为在整个妊娠及产后期间,产妇科医师和助产士是经常同妊妇及产妇保持着密切的联系. During pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, mental disorders can occur. They can manifest as neurosis or as severe psychosis. The causes of these mental disorders are varied, but in a nutshell, the most important reason is the change of internal environment, psychological factors and puerperal infections that occur in the whole process . Preventing such neuroses and mental illnesses, as well as their early diagnosis and timely treatment, are not only the tasks of psychiatrists, but also the tasks of obstetricians and midwives as during the whole pregnancy and postnatal period, the gynecologists and midwives are Often with pregnant women and mothers have maintained close contact.