Behavioral activation significantly reduced suicidal ideation in women with perinatal depression, showing effectiveness whether delivered in-person or remotely by specialists and non-specialists.
Women with premenstrual mood disorders face significantly higher risk of suicidal ideation and behavior, highlighting the need for careful assessment and targeted prevention.
This study uncovers how trauma, isolation, loss of identity, and lack of support can overlap and amplify each other, deepening despair and driving suicide risk among women in the perinatal period.
Addressing sleep problems may be an important component of suicide prevention efforts, as improving sleep quality and duration may help to reduce the risk of suicide in perinatal population.
In this population seeking treatment for PMDD, suicidal ideation is very common, affecting about 40% of the women.
In a recent meta-analysis, Yan and colleagues looked at the prevalence of suicidal ideation among women diagnosed with PMDD.
Suicide is a leading cause of maternal mortality in the United States. According to a 2017 study from California, drug-related deaths (3.68 per 100,000 person-years) and suicides (1.42 per 100,000 person-years) accounted for nearly [...]
Although it is widely accepted that perimenopausal women are at increased risk for depressive symptoms, little research exploring suicidality in mid-life women has been conducted. In the spirit of Suicide Prevention Month, we will review [...]
A recent study from Japan uses a retrospective review of medical records to estimate the prevalence of suicide attempts among pregnant and postpartum women.
Suicidal ideation is relatively common among pregnant women; however, the risk of attempted or completed suicide in this population is low.
