Predictors of Postpartum Suicide Attempts

A study just published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, found that a history of psychiatric disorders or substance abuse was a strong predictor of post-partum suicide attempts. After adjusting for fetal or infant death...

Karen Kleiman on Suicide

Karen Kleiman, prolific author of successful perinatal mood disorder books, has written a great post at her Postpartum Stress Center blog about suicide, based on her reaction to a recent article in the New York Times. I’m not going to excerpt it here, because I...