ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2022
Suicidal ideation in the perinatal period: findings from the Thailand-Myanmar border.
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- Suicidal ideation and behavior among perinatal women and their association with sleep disturbances, medical conditions, and known risk factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Cohort Profile: the SMRU Refugee and Migrant Pregnancy Study in Western Thailand and Eastern Myanmar.Wellcome open research · 2026Article
- Wellbeing in the First 1000 Days for Syrian and Afghan refugee women living in Australia: a qualitative study.BMC women's health · 2025Article
- Healthcare Access and Outcomes for Refugee Women in Transit: A Scoping Review of Facilitators and Barriers in South and Southeast Asia.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Enablers of and Barriers to Perinatal Mental Healthcare Access and Healthcare Provision for Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Women in the WHO European Region: A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Validation of the Paykel Suicide Scale and the Plutchik Suicide Risk Scale in Spanish Women during the Perinatal Period.Depression and anxiety · 2024Article
- Foreign Nationality, Family Psychiatry History and Pregestational Neoplastic Disease as Predictors of Perinatal Depression in a Cohort of Healthy Pregnant and Puerperal Women during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Perinatal suicidal behavior in sub-Saharan Africa: A study protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Article
- Suicide and Maternal Mortality.Current psychiatry reports · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundSuicide is a leading cause of maternal death globally. Migrant and refugee populations may experience higher risk of suicide. We report data on suicidal ideation from migrant and refugee women living on the Thailand-Myanmar border.
methodsWomen were recruited in their first trimester of pregnancy. Depression status was assessed by diagnostic interview in the first, second and third trimesters and at 1 month post-partum. We calculated prevalence of suicidal ideation and used logistic regression to identify associated socio-demographic factors.
resultsDuring the perinatal period, 5.3% (30/568) women experienced suicidal ideation. Refugee women were more likely to experience suicidal ideation than migrant women (8.0 versus 3.1%; P = 0.01). Most women with suicidal ideation did not have severe depression. Previous trauma (OR 2.32; 95% CI: 1.70-3.15) and unplanned pregnancy (OR 2.74; 95% CI: 1.10-6.86) were significantly associated with suicidal ideation after controlling for all other variables.
conclusionsSuicidal ideation represents an important symptom among migrant and refugee women on the Thailand-Myanmar border. Screening only those with severe depression may be insufficient to identify women at risk of suicide. Community-level interventions addressing social and gender inequalities and prioritization of family planning programmes are needed alongside targeted suicide prevention initiatives to help lower the rates of people dying by suicide.
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