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Incidence and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempt During Pregnancy and Postpartum
March 5, 2025
Risks of a postpartum suicide attempt were increased 4- to 30-fold by clinical factors, including prenatal suicide attempt ED visits, psychiatric ED visits, and assault ED visits, and by...
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Prevalence and Course of Unwanted, Intrusive Thoughts of Infant-Related Harm
August 14, 2024
Although intrusive thoughts of accidental and intentional infant harm are a common and normative postpartum experience, they cause distress for many new mothers. Clinically significant symptoms that remain by...
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Accounting for Differences in Incident Guideline Discordant Prescribing for PTSD Among Women and Men Veterans
June 5, 2024
Women Veterans with PTSD were 67% more likely to initiate a guideline discordant medication. More than half of this effect was explained by bipolar disorder, age, and prior psychiatric...
