Focus on Women’s Mental Health
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Recently published articles about Focus on Women’s Mental Health
Original Research
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...
Original Research
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...
Original Research
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...
