Postpartum Depression and Attempted Suicide in a 28-Year-Old Man: A Case Report
Abstract
Postpartum depression (PPD) is a mood disorder that can affect women after childbirth, and this disorder can strike fathers as well as mothers. The study reports a 28-year-old man who attempted suicide three times following his wife's delivery and newborn baby boy. The psychiatric assessment showed that the man revealed major depression following childbirth. So effective mental disorders screening and health care services must be provided for fathers as well as mothers and children.
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2. Murphy TM, Crawford B, Dempster EL, Hannon E, Burrage J, Turecki G, et al. Methylomic profiling of cortex samples from completed suicide cases implicates a role for PSORS1C3 in major depression and suicide. Transl Psychiatry 2017;7:e989.
3. Nakamura Y, Nakatochi M, Kunimoto S, Okada T, Aleksic B, Toyama M, et al. Methylation analysis for postpartum depression: a case control study. BMC psychiatry 2019;19:190.
4. Malakouti SK, Davoudi F, Khalid S, Asl MA, Khan MM, Alirezaei N, et al. The Epidemiology of Suicide Behaviors among the Countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of WHO: a Systematic Review. Acta Medica Iranica. 2015;53:257-65.
5. Martinengo L, Van Galen L, Lum E, Kowalski M, Subramaniam M, Car J. Suicide prevention and depression apps’ suicide risk assessment and management: a systematic assessment of adherence to clinical guidelines. BMC med 2019;17:1-2.
6. Reutfors J, Andersson TM, Tanskanen A, DiBernardo A, Li G, Brandt L, et al. Risk factors for suicide and suicide attempts among patients with treatment-resistant depression: nested case-control study. Arch Suicide Res 2019;26:1-5.
7. Wee KY, Skouteris H, Pier C, Richardson B, Milgrom J. Correlates of ante-and postnatal depression in fathers: a systematic review. J Affect Disord 2011;130:358-77.
8. Goodman JH. Paternal postpartum depression, its relationship to maternal postpartum depression, and implications for family health. J Adv Nurs 2004;45:26-35.
9. Fisher SD, Kopelman R, O’Hara MW. Partner report of paternal depression using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale-Partner. Arch Womens Ment Health 2012; 15:283-8.
10. Lew B, Huen J, Yu P, Yuan L, Wang DF, Ping F, et al. Associations between depression, anxiety, stress,
hopelessness, subjective well-being, coping styles and suicide in Chinese university students. PloS one 2019;14: e0217372.
11. Park JH. Development and evaluation of a crisis intervention program for suicide attempters. J Korean Acad Psychiatr Ment Health Nurs 2013;22:368-76.
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| Issue | Vol 58, No 10 (2020) | |
| Section | Case Report(s) | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.18502/acta.v58i10.4917 | |
| Keywords | ||
| Postpartum depression Attempted suicide Childbirth Mental disorder Hanging | ||
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Mozafari A, Adibi A, Jamshidbeigi T, Shafiei E, Sahebi A. Postpartum Depression and Attempted Suicide in a 28-Year-Old Man: A Case Report. Acta Med Iran. 2020;58(10):540-542.
