SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Maternal Suicide Ideation and Behaviour During Pregnancy and the First Postpartum Year: A Systematic Review of Psychological and Psychosocial Risk Factors.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Postpartum Suicidality beyond Depression: a Systematic Review of Risk Profiles and Prevention Gaps.Current psychiatry reports · 2026Pooled it
- The effectiveness of mother-led infant massage on symptoms of maternal postnatal depression: A systematic review.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Suicidal ideation and behavior among perinatal women and their association with sleep disturbances, medical conditions, and known risk factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Self‑harm ideation in perinatal women: Prevalence across gestational and postpartum windows and general risk and protective factors.Dialogues in clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Suicidal ideation across pregnancy and the postpartum: Trajectories and assessment with commonly used screening tools.Journal of mood and anxiety disorders · 2026Article
- Intersecting Vulnerabilities: Depression, Suicidality, and HIV Risk Among Young Mothers in South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Hidden toll of violent deaths during pregnancy and the postpartum period: a nationwide analysis of Mexican death records.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Drivers and barriers of acceptance of eHealth interventions in postpartum mental health care: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors From Pregnancy to Postpartum: Risk Factors and Clinical Implications.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Article
- Unlocking the Potential of Wear Time of a Wearable Device to Enhance Postpartum Depression Screening and Detection: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Domestic violence perpetration, victimisation and self-poisoning in Sri Lanka: a protocol for a hospital-based case-control study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Social life impact for mother scale at first trimester predicts postpartum suicide risk: A prospective study.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Article
- A network analysis of postpartum depression and mother-to-infant bonding shows common and unique symptom-level connections across three postpartum periods.Communications psychology · 2025Article
- Construal of self as a mental health inpatient: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of repertory grid studies.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Review
- Prevalence of suicidal ideation and associated factors among pregnant women attending ANC follow-up clinic in Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Domestic Violence Experience, Past Depressive Disorder, Unplanned Pregnancy, and Suicide Risk in the First Year Postpartum: Mediating Effect of Postpartum Depression.Psychiatry investigation · 2024Article
- Women's experiences of attempted suicide in the perinatal period (ASPEN-study) - a qualitative study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Working with suicidal mothers during the perinatal period: a reflexive thematic analysis study with mental health professionals.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- Attempted suicide by hanging in a pregnant adolescent with psychiatric illness: A case report.SAGE open medical case reports · 2024Article
- Acceptability and content validity of suicidality screening items: a qualitative study with perinatal women.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Suicide is a leading cause of maternal death during pregnancy and up to a year after birth (perinatal period). Many psychological and psychosocial risk factors for maternal suicidal ideation and behaviour have been investigated. Despite this, there have been no attempts to systematically search the literature on these risk factors. Additionally, few studies have described how the risk factors for suicidal ideation, attempted suicides and suicide deaths differ, which is essential for the development of tools to detect and target suicidal ideation and behaviour. Seven databases were searched up to June 2021 for studies that investigated the association between suicidal ideation and/or suicidal behaviour and psychological/psychosocial risk factors in pregnant and postpartum women. The search identified 17,338 records, of which 59 were included. These 59 studies sampled a total of 49,929 participants and investigated 32 different risk factors. Associations between abuse, experienced recently or during childhood, and maternal suicide ideation, attempted suicide and death were consistently reported. Social support was found to be less associated with suicide ideation but more so with suicide attempts. Identifying women who have experienced domestic violence or childhood abuse and ensuring all women have adequate emotional and practical support during the perinatal period may help to reduce the likelihood of suicidal behaviour.
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