MedPage Today (11/18, Hlavinka) reports research indicates that “the prevalence of suicidal ideation among commercially insured women in the year before or after giving birth increased from 0.1% to 0.5% from 2006 to 2017.” The study also revealed that “rates of self-harm…doubled during this time period, from 0.1% to 0.2%.” What’s more, “overall suicidality increased from 0.2% to 0.6%, adding up to about 24,000 suicidal women when extrapolated to the four million who give birth each year.” The findings were published online Nov. 18 in JAMA Psychiatry.
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