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Perinatal suicide in Ontario, Canada: a 15-year population-based study
Sophie Grigoriadis, Andrew S. Wilton, Paul A. Kurdyak, Anne E. Rhodes, Emily H. VonderPorten, Anthony Levitt, Amy Cheung and Simone N. Vigod
CMAJ August 28, 2017 189 (34) E1085-E1092; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.170088
Sophie Grigoriadis
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
MD PhDAndrew S. Wilton
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
MScPaul A. Kurdyak
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
MD PhDAnne E. Rhodes
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
PhDEmily H. VonderPorten
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
MPHAnthony Levitt
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
MBBSAmy Cheung
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
MD MScSimone N. Vigod
Women’s Mood and Anxiety Clinic: Reproductive Transitions (Grigoriadis) and Evaluative Clinical Sciences, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Grigoriadis, VonderPorten, Levitt, Cheung), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Department of Psychiatry (Grigoriadis, Kurdyak, Levitt, Cheung, Vigod), University of Toronto; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (Wilton, Kurdyak, Vigod); Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research (Kurdyak), Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ont.; The Offord Centre for Child Studies (Rhodes), Hamilton, Ont.; Women’s College Hospital and Research Institute (Vigod), Toronto, Ont.
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Online Appendices
- Appendix 1: Databases used in the study
- Appendix 2: Variables of interest
- Appendix 3: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) variables and respective databases and diagnostic codes
- Appendix 4: Data set exclusions
- Appendix 5: Population age-standardized suicide rates in perinatal and non-perinatal women by health region per 100,000 person years
- Appendix 6: Method of suicide presented as N (%) unless otherwise specified
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Perinatal suicide in Ontario, Canada: a 15-year population-based study
Sophie Grigoriadis, Andrew S. Wilton, Paul A. Kurdyak, Anne E. Rhodes, Emily H. VonderPorten, Anthony Levitt, Amy Cheung, Simone N. Vigod
CMAJ Aug 2017, 189 (34) E1085-E1092; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.170088
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