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Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel
Postpartum suicidality in Israel had not been systematically studied until the recent important investigation by Glasser and colleagues. The authors review rates, trends, and characteristics of postpartum women who considered, attempted, or completed suicide in Israel. This commentary argues that, a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31661032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13584-019-0347-z |
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description | Postpartum suicidality in Israel had not been systematically studied until the recent important investigation by Glasser and colleagues. The authors review rates, trends, and characteristics of postpartum women who considered, attempted, or completed suicide in Israel. This commentary argues that, although postpartum suicidality is relatively rare, it is extremely tragic—not just for the women, but for the entire family and community. The main aim of this commentary is to emphasize that preventive efforts should continue and expand, especially among at-risk groups. At-risk groups include the youngest age group, postpartum Arab women, and postpartum former Soviet Union immigrants. Identification of women at risk or suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) is mandated in Israel. Efforts should include broader screening for various types of suicide ideation and behavior. Assessments should specifically include passive suicide ideation, active suicide ideation with method, intent, and plan, as well as various types of suicide attempts and preparatory behaviors. In addition, specific interventions formulated on evidence-based psychotherapies should be provided in family practice, obstetric, and pediatric settings. These settings are less stigmatized in comparison to mental health settings. Potential therapies can be (among others) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), which are effective in preventing perinatal depression. |
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spelling | pubmed-68194422019-10-31 Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel Klomek, Anat Brunstein Isr J Health Policy Res Commentary Postpartum suicidality in Israel had not been systematically studied until the recent important investigation by Glasser and colleagues. The authors review rates, trends, and characteristics of postpartum women who considered, attempted, or completed suicide in Israel. This commentary argues that, although postpartum suicidality is relatively rare, it is extremely tragic—not just for the women, but for the entire family and community. The main aim of this commentary is to emphasize that preventive efforts should continue and expand, especially among at-risk groups. At-risk groups include the youngest age group, postpartum Arab women, and postpartum former Soviet Union immigrants. Identification of women at risk or suffering from postpartum depression (PPD) is mandated in Israel. Efforts should include broader screening for various types of suicide ideation and behavior. Assessments should specifically include passive suicide ideation, active suicide ideation with method, intent, and plan, as well as various types of suicide attempts and preparatory behaviors. In addition, specific interventions formulated on evidence-based psychotherapies should be provided in family practice, obstetric, and pediatric settings. These settings are less stigmatized in comparison to mental health settings. Potential therapies can be (among others) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), which are effective in preventing perinatal depression. BioMed Central 2019-10-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6819442/ /pubmed/31661032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13584-019-0347-z Text en © The Author(s). 2019 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Klomek, Anat Brunstein Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel |
title | Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel |
title_full | Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel |
title_fullStr | Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel |
title_full_unstemmed | Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel |
title_short | Prevention of postpartum suicidality in Israel |
title_sort | prevention of postpartum suicidality in israel |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819442/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31661032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13584-019-0347-z |
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