Open AccessDoes Childbirth Cause Psychiatric Disorders? A Population-based Study Paralleling a Natural Experiment
Author(s) -
Trine MunkOlsen,
Esben Agerbo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000000193
Subject(s) - childbirth , medicine , psychiatry , pregnancy , incidence (geometry) , population , relative risk , obstetrics , cohort study , confidence interval , danish , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , physics , environmental health , optics , biology
Childbirth is associated with increased risk of first-time psychiatric episodes, and an unwanted pregnancy has been suggested as a possible etiologic contributor. To what extent childbirth causes psychiatric episodes and whether a planned pregnancy reduces the risk of postpartum psychiatric episodes has not been established.