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2/ The study, published Wed. in @JAMAPsych, looked at just under 600K privately-insured people.
Researchers analyzed the data to track cases of suicidality — suicidal ideation & deliberate self-harm — within a year either before or after giving birth.https://bit.ly/3kJEMDO
3/ From 2006 to 2017, suicidality diagnoses increased from .2 percent per 100 people to .6 percent per 100. In the same period, cases of deliberate self-harm went up from .1 percent per 100 in 2006 to .2 percent per 100 in 2017.https://bit.ly/3kJEMDO
4/ When those findings are applied to the approximately 4 million births that take place each year, that means an increase in tens of thousands of suicidal cases and intentional self-harm.https://bit.ly/3kJEMDO
5/ Already, the United States’ rate of pregnancy-related deaths is higher than any other wealthy nation. And suicide is a major concern.
According to a 2017 report by the @CDCgov, it accounted for about 6.5 percent of all pregnancy-related deaths.https://bit.ly/3kJEMDO
6/ The study also found that Black people experienced the largest increase in perinatal suicidality of any single racial group — increasing from .2 percent per 100 in 2006 to .9 percent in 2017.https://bit.ly/3kJEMDO
7/ In some ways, that reflects a bigger reality: The nation’s pregnancy-related death rate is far higher for Black people than for White people. That’s still likely an undercount of the gap. Black women are disproportionately covered through Medicaid, not private insurance.
8/8 The authors believe that the study's findings are even more pressing now, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has added new strains to perinatal mental health.
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Suicide is a leading cause of pregnancy-related deaths in the United States.
Now, new research shows a growth in suicidal thoughts and self-harm during and after pregnancy, with the biggest spikes amongst people who are Black, lower income, or younger.