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Suicidality in Women with Adjustment Disorder and Depressive Episodes Attending an Irish Perinatal Mental Health Service

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  • Anne M Doherty

    (Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Galway, Galway H91 YR71, Ireland
    School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland)

  • Genevieve Crudden

    (Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Galway, Galway H91 YR71, Ireland)

  • Faraz Jabbar

    (Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Northern British Columbia, 1444 Edmonton Street, Prince George, BC V2M6W5, Canada)

  • John D Sheehan

    (Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 DO1 P5W9, Ireland
    Mater University Hospital, 63 Eccles Street, Dublin 7 D07 R2WY, Ireland)

  • Patricia Casey

    (Mater University Hospital, 63 Eccles Street, Dublin 7 D07 R2WY, Ireland)

Abstract

Depression is common in the perinatal period, with prevalence rates of 14.4%, but prevalence rates of adjustment disorder in this period have not been established. We aimed to examine the characteristics of women attending a perinatal psychiatry service diagnosed with adjustment disorder (AD) or depressive episodes (DE). The data were collected as part of a multicentre case-control study of 370 patients, 45 of whom were recruited from perinatal psychiatry service at a maternity hospital. We recruited 45 patients with AD or DE diagnosed in the perinatal period and compared them to a matched sample of 109 non-perinatal women. Almost half, 22 (48.9%) perinatal women had a diagnosis of AD and 23 (51.1%) had a diagnosis of DE. Of the perinatal participants, those with AD had more stressful life events, and suicidal ideation and behaviours were three times more common (31.8%) in AD than in DE (8.7%). There were no significant differences in levels of suicidality between the perinatal and the non-perinatal groups. In our cohort, AD is associated with symptoms of depression including suicidal ideation during the perinatal period. Further study is required to examine the relationship between stressors and suicidality in this population.

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  • Anne M Doherty & Genevieve Crudden & Faraz Jabbar & John D Sheehan & Patricia Casey, 2019. "Suicidality in Women with Adjustment Disorder and Depressive Episodes Attending an Irish Perinatal Mental Health Service," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(20), pages 1-8, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:16:y:2019:i:20:p:3970-:d:277797
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