Suicidal behaviour in childbearing women

Journal/Book: Int Rev Psychiatr. 1996; 8: PO Box 25, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England OX14 3UE. Carfax Publ Co. 107-115.

Abstract: Childbearing women have a high rate of psychiatric disorder and a high risk of suicide would therefore be predicted. This review assesses the evidence for a low suicide risk in postnatal and pregnant women, and by implication people of both sexes who have children, a phenomenon first commented on by Durkheim a century ago bur rarely researched since then.

Note: Article L Appleby, Whittington Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Manchester M20 8LR, Lancs, England

Keyword(s): 1ST POSTNATAL YEAR; NEW-YORK-CITY; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; FOLLOW-UP; PREGNANCY; TRENDS

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