HealthDay (11/20, Norton) reported, “The number of women who contemplate suicide or self-harm during or after pregnancy may be on the rise,” investigators concluded in a study revealing that “among nearly 600,000 U.S. childbearing women, researchers found that close to 2,700 were diagnosed with suicidality in the year before or after giving birth.” The findings were published online Nov. 18 in JAMA Psychiatry.
According to Psychiatric News (11/20), the study “authors noted that Black women, those with lower incomes, and younger women experienced the larger increases in suicidality.” They wrote, “Given the severe maternal mortality crisis among racial/ethnic minority individuals, especially Black women, it is imperative to include psychiatric risks in predictive models and practice guidelines.”
Related Links:
— “Suicidality Among Childbearing Women Found to Increase Over 12-Year Period, Psychiatric News, November 20, 2020