ArticleArchives of women's mental health2021
Maternal deaths by suicide in Queensland, Australia, 2004-2017: an analysis of maternal demographic, psychosocial and clinical characteristics.
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- Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation in Pregnancy: The Impact of Education on Knowledge, Confidence and Documentation Related to Screening and Follow-Up to Question Ten-Positive on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
- Maternal Deaths Due to Suicide, Accidental Poisoning and Undetermined Intent Within 5 Years Following Childbirth: A Population-Based Study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2026Article
- Mental Health Profile Relating to Suicide Crises Among Women in and Around Pregnancy and Surgical Termination of Pregnancy: A Data Linkage Study.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Exploring the Requirements for an mHealth App to Prevent and Manage Perinatal Anxiety and Depression.Health science reports · 2025Article
- The forgotten: Increasing awareness of late maternal deaths.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2024Article
- Pathways, Contexts, and Voices of Shame and Compassion: A Grounded Theory of the Evolution of Perinatal Suicidality.Qualitative health research · 2023Article
- Evaluation of an Inpatient Psychiatric Mother-Baby Unit Using a Patient Reported Experience and Outcome Measure.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Suicide and Maternal Mortality.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
To characterise the demographic and clinical characteristics of women who died by suicide in the perinatal period to inform and improve suicide prevention strategies. Retrospective analysis of maternal suicides during and within 1 year after the end of pregnancy in Queensland between January 2004 and December 2017. Outcomes measured included timing of death in relation to pregnancy, sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and health service use prior to death. There were 65 deaths by suicide in the study period; six occurred during pregnancy, 30 occurred after a live birth, 22 occurred after a termination of pregnancy and seven followed a miscarriage or stillbirth. Most suicides were late maternal deaths. Women were younger, and more likely to identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, when compared to all women giving birth for the same time period. Most women had a prior mental health diagnosis, most commonly depression. Over half of women had recent relationship separation or conflict prior to death. Perinatal women had higher rates of death by violent means than all women in Queensland who died by suicide during the same time period. The demographic, psychosocial and clinical characteristics of a group of women who died by suicide have been described, and this shows a high proportion of women with a prior mental health diagnosis. To reduce maternal mortality, psychosocial screening must be implemented broadly and continued until the end of the first year postpartum. Similar screening attention is needed for women who had a termination of pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth.
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