Non-fatal self-harm and suicide following postpartum psychiatric emergency department visits: A population-based retrospective cohort study.
Journal: Psychiatry research
Volume: 335
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Affiliated Institutions:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ICES, Toronto, Canada; Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada. Electronic address: lucy.barker@wchospital.ca.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ICES, Toronto, Canada; Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada; Department of Health & Society, University of Toronto Scarborough, Toronto, Canada.
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ICES, Toronto, Canada; Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
ICES, Toronto, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ICES, Toronto, Canada; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada.
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; ICES, Toronto, Canada; Women's College Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Abstract summary
In a population-based cohort of postpartum individuals in Ontario, Canada, this study aimed to determine the risk of non-fatal self-harm and suicide within one year of an initial postpartum psychiatric emergency department (ED) visit (2008-2020), and the key associated factors. Of 16,475 postpartum individuals with psychiatric ED visits, 714 (4.3 %) had non-fatal self-harm within one year, and 23 (0.15 %) died by suicide. Risk was substantially higher for those with self-harm at the initial presentation. Further efforts to connect individuals with postpartum psychiatric ED visits with needed inpatient care and outpatient follow-up are required to reduce non-fatal self-harm and suicide risk.
Authors & Co-authors:
Barker
Brown
Bronskill
Fung
Kurdyak
Zaheer
Vigod
Study Outcome
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