TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicidal ideation during pregnancy
T2 - Prevalence and associated factors among low-income women in Sao Paulo, Brazil
AU - Huang, Hsiang
AU - Faisal-Cury, Alexandre
AU - Chan, Ya Fen
AU - Tabb, Karen
AU - Katon, Wayne
AU - Menezes, Paulo R.
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported by the following grants: NIMH T32 MH20021-14, NIH TL1 RR025016, FAPESP-Brazil (2005/05333-9), and CNPq-Brazil proc. no. 300747/2005-5.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among low-income pregnant women living in Brazil. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 831 women surveyed during 20 to 30 weeks of pregnancy using the Self-Report Questionnaire-20. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 6.3%. The factors associated with suicidal ideation were common mental disorders, single partner status, past psychiatric history, and smoking tobacco. All cases of suicidal ideation were associated with common mental disorders.
AB - The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among low-income pregnant women living in Brazil. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 831 women surveyed during 20 to 30 weeks of pregnancy using the Self-Report Questionnaire-20. The prevalence of suicidal ideation was 6.3%. The factors associated with suicidal ideation were common mental disorders, single partner status, past psychiatric history, and smoking tobacco. All cases of suicidal ideation were associated with common mental disorders.
KW - Commonmental disorders
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Prevalence
KW - Suicidality
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U2 - 10.1007/s00737-012-0263-5
DO - 10.1007/s00737-012-0263-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 22382280
AN - SCOPUS:84862778616
SN - 1434-1816
VL - 15
SP - 135
EP - 138
JO - Archives of Women's Mental Health
JF - Archives of Women's Mental Health
IS - 2
ER -