@article{ref1,
title="Non-fatal self-harm and suicide following postpartum psychiatric emergency department visits: a population-based retrospective cohort study",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="2024",
author="Barker, Lucy C. and Brown, Hilary K. and Bronskill, Susan E. and Fung, Kinwah and Kurdyak, Paul and Zaheer, Juveria and Vigod, Simone N.",
volume="335",
number="",
pages="e115856-e115856",
abstract="In a population-based cohort of postpartum individuals in Ontario, Canada, this study aimed to determine the risk of non-fatal self-harm and suicide within one year of an initial postpartum psychiatric emergency department (ED) visit (2008-2020), and the key associated factors. Of 16,475 postpartum individuals with psychiatric ED visits, 714 (4.3 %) had non-fatal self-harm within one year, and 23 (0.15 %) died by suicide. Risk was substantially higher for those with self-harm at the initial presentation. Further efforts to connect individuals with postpartum psychiatric ED visits with needed inpatient care and outpatient follow-up are required to reduce non-fatal self-harm and suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115856",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.115856"
}