New mothers with postpartum psychiatric disorders face increased risk of suicide: Study

(Aarhus University) New mothers who suffer from depression and other psychiatric disorders face a heightened risk of taking their own lives during the first year after they give birth, a new study shows. The study, which runs counter to conventional wisdom of motherhood as a state of unmitigated bliss, is based on one of the most exhaustive analyses ever conducted on the subject, taking advantage of rich data available to researchers in Denmark.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news