Perinatal suicide in Ontario, Canada: A 15-year population-based study

CMAJ

Volumn 189, Issue 34, 2017, Pages E1085-E1092

  Grigoriadis, Sophie ^a,b,c   Wilton, Andrew S ^d   Kurdyak, Paul A ^b,d,e   Rhodes, Anne E ^f   VonderPorten, Emily H ^b   Levitt, Anthony ^b,c   Cheung, Amy ^b,c   Vigod, Simone N ^c,d,g  

^a Women's Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions   (Canada)

^b Canada   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

^g WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; JUMPING; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PEDIATRICS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERINATAL SUICIDE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENTAL DISORDERS; ONTARIO; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85028306073     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.170088     Document Type: Article

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