Association of Postpartum Depression with Maternal Suicide: A Nationwide Population-Based Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To examine the association of postpartum depression (PPD) with maternal suicide in the Taiwanese population.

Methods

We examined the medical records of women aged 18-50 years who experienced childbirth and had PPD (the study cohort, n = 2882), who experienced childbirth but did not have PPD (comparison cohort 1, n = 5764), and who neither experienced childbirth nor had PPD (comparison cohort 2, n = 5764) between 2000 and 2015. The patients were followed up until suicide, withdrawal from the National Health Insurance program, or 31 December 2015.

Results

The rates of anxiety and depression symptoms, as well as the cumulative risk of suicide, were significantly higher in the study cohort. PPD was significantly correlated with an increased

SUBMITTER: Lee YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9099720 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature