At least 102 pregnant women who committed suicide by 1 year after childbirth in 2 years until 2016, the research group of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on 5th. This is the first such survey nationwide. The cause of maternal death during this period exceeded cancer and heart disease, and suicide was the most frequent.
Maternal women are said to be mentally unstable because of concerns about child rearing and changes in their living environment. The research group pointed out the importance of support such as collaboration between obstetric facility and administrative administration, considering that many cases lead to suicide due to deterioration of mental health such as "postpartum depression".
Country statistics on death cases of pregnant women are for mass bleeding at birth and so on, suicide due to the influence of the mental side such as deterioration of postpartum depression is not grasped. A research group (Representative = Director Seitaro Mori of Institute for National Center for Child Health and Development Research) examined 357 pregnant women who died during pregnancy or less than 1 year after birth in 15 to 16 years based on the demographic dynamics statistics of the country Well, suicide was 102 people. Other causes of death include heart disease 28 people, cranial nerve disease 24 people, bleeding 23 people.
Three people are pregnant when they committed suicide ...