[Mortality in pregnant and newly delivered women due to psychiatric disorders].
Two women, aged 28 and 37 years, both suffering from a psychiatric disorder i.e. puerperal psychosis and mood-disorder respectively, violently ended their lives at 12 days and 5 months after delivery. Early identification of risk factors in a multidisciplinary setting can lead to effective early management of psychiatric disorders during pregnancy and the puerperium. Negative outcomes such as suicide and even infanticide may consequently be prevented. The most common risk factors for suicide during pregnancy and the puerperium are: a history of psychiatric disorders, a family history of psychiatric disorders and current psychiatric symptomatology. Important recommendations to reduce maternal mortality due to psychiatric disorders include improvement of communication between health professionals and systematic registration of maternal mortality.
Sint Lucas Andreas Ziekenhuis, Jan Tooropstraat 164, 1061 AE Amsterdam.
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D000328:Adult; D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000401:mortality* / Q000523:psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*