Abortion, substance abuse and mental health in early adulthood: Thirteen-year longitudinal evidence from the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the links between pregnancy outcomes (birth, abortion, or involuntary pregnancy loss) and mental health outcomes for US women during the transition into adulthood to determine the extent of increased risk, if any, associated with exposure to induced abortion.

Method

Panel data on pregnancy history and mental health history for a nationally representative cohort of 8005 women at (average) ages 15, 22, and 28 years from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health were examined for risk of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, cannabis abuse, and nicotine dependence by pregnancy outcome (birth, abortion, and involuntary pregnancy loss). Risk ratios were estimated for time-dynamic outcomes from population-averag

SUBMITTER: Sullins DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5066584 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature