Suicide 'Near Misses' Are On The Rise Among New Moms, Data Shows
Huff PostPortra Images via Getty Images A new study suggests suicidal near misses may be on the rise among pregnant and postpartum women. And now she is co-author of an alarming new study that suggests suicide “near misses” during pregnancy and after childbirth, like her own, are on the rise. “By 2017, suicidality affected 0.6% of the childbearing population that we studied, which is about 24,000 women a year,” study researcher Dr. Lindsay Admon, an OB-GYN at Michigan Medicine’s Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, told HuffPost. “One might be greater willingness for women to disclose suicidality as discussions about mental health become more commonplace.” In other words, women might be more open to discussing suicidal thoughts with their providers as the issue slowly continues to move from the shadows — and health care providers, including OB-GYNs and pediatricians, who see women often during the postpartum period are being urged to routinely screen for perinatal mood issues.
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