Self-harm in women with postpartum mental disorders.

CONCLUSIONS: Women with PPMD had a high risk of self-harm, although lower than risks observed in other psychiatric patients. However, PPMD women who had self-harmed constituted a vulnerable group at significantly increased risk of later suicide.
PMID: 31298172 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Psychological Medicine - July 11, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Johannsen BM, Larsen JT, Laursen TM, Ayre K, Howard LM, Meltzer-Brody S, Bech BH, Munk-Olsen T Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research