Kate has her first child. Although Kate does not have a history of mental illness, she begins to feel very depressed after having the baby. As the depression worsens, she gets paranoid and starts believing that the devil has possessed her baby. She begins to believe that she must do something drastic to stop the devil from taking her baby's soul to hell. In this scenario, Kate is suffering from ________.

A. pyschopathy
B. postpartum psychosis
C. bipolarity
D. schizophrenia


Answer: B

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