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Paired suicide in a young refugee couple on the Thai-Myanmar border
- Source :
- BMJ Case Reports
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- BMJ Publishing Group, 2016.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Asia
Adolescent
Refugee
Poison control
Myanmar
Global Health
Suicide prevention
Article
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
Fatal Outcome
0302 clinical medicine
Prevalence of mental disorders
Pregnancy
Humans
Medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
Psychiatry
Suicidal ideation
Depression (differential diagnoses)
Family Characteristics
Refugees
Depression
business.industry
General Medicine
Thailand
Mental health
030227 psychiatry
13-18 years
Pregnancy Complications
Suicide
Other Asian
19-30 years
Female
Psychiatric interview
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4585defc3eaad5230d1dd8f7b75bd0f5