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Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border
A young refugee woman attended antenatal clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border at 9 weeks' gestation. As part of an ongoing study of perinatal mental health, she underwent a structured psychiatric interview during which she described occasional depressed mood, anhedonia and passive suicidal ideatio...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-215527 |
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author | Fellmeth, Gracia Oo, May May Lay, Billion McGready, Rose |
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description | A young refugee woman attended antenatal clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border at 9 weeks' gestation. As part of an ongoing study of perinatal mental health, she underwent a structured psychiatric interview during which she described occasional depressed mood, anhedonia and passive suicidal ideation. Her husband was a young refugee known to use alcohol and drugs. 2 days later, the couple committed suicide together by herbicide ingestion. Refugee populations are at risk of developing mental disorders as a result of their marginalised status, socioeconomic disadvantage and exposures to trauma. Pregnancy may have exacerbated feelings of hopelessness in this couple. The prevalence of mental disorders such as depression is increased in the perinatal period and suicide is the second leading cause of death in young women globally. Prevention programmes and early recognition of mental disorders may improve detection and lead to better support for vulnerable individuals. |
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spelling | pubmed-50305592016-11-14 Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border Fellmeth, Gracia Oo, May May Lay, Billion McGready, Rose BMJ Case Rep Article A young refugee woman attended antenatal clinic on the Thai-Myanmar border at 9 weeks' gestation. As part of an ongoing study of perinatal mental health, she underwent a structured psychiatric interview during which she described occasional depressed mood, anhedonia and passive suicidal ideation. Her husband was a young refugee known to use alcohol and drugs. 2 days later, the couple committed suicide together by herbicide ingestion. Refugee populations are at risk of developing mental disorders as a result of their marginalised status, socioeconomic disadvantage and exposures to trauma. Pregnancy may have exacerbated feelings of hopelessness in this couple. The prevalence of mental disorders such as depression is increased in the perinatal period and suicide is the second leading cause of death in young women globally. Prevention programmes and early recognition of mental disorders may improve detection and lead to better support for vulnerable individuals. BMJ Publishing Group 2016-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC5030559/ /pubmed/27635059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-215527 Text en 2016 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Article Fellmeth, Gracia Oo, May May Lay, Billion McGready, Rose Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border |
title | Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border |
title_full | Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border |
title_fullStr | Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border |
title_full_unstemmed | Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border |
title_short | Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border |
title_sort | paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the thai-myanmar border |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5030559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27635059 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2016-215527 |
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