title: [Timing of attempted suicide by drug poisoning during pregnancy and pregnancy outcome].
abstract: Suicide attempts by drug ingestion during pregnancy provides an opportunity to study the teratogenicity of large doses of drugs in human beings. Data of a population-based prospective study of all pregnant women admitted to the toxicological inpatient hospital in Budapest which is responsible for the health provision of chemical poisoned persons from a 3 million study population. Of 22,969 self-poisoned women, 645 were pregnant and 559 attempted suicide by drug ingestion during pregnancy during the study period (1985-1993). Two died. The peak of suicide attempts was found in the first month of fetal development, and its great majority resulted in a very early fetal death, the so-called chemical pregnancy. Thus 61% of suicide attempts occurred before the third month. Later pregnancies had a protective effect against suicide parallel with advanced months of fetal development.
authors.affiliation: Hetényi Géza Megyei Kórház, Nögyógyászati és Szülészeti Osztály, Szolnok.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mosonyi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tímár
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Czeizel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011041:Poisoning; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011261:Pregnancy Trimester, First; D012646:Self Administration; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013723:Teratogens
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D013723:Teratogens