Suicide: the leading cause of maternal death

The 1997–1999 report of the Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths ( [CEMD, 2001][1]) identifies suicide as the leading cause of maternal death. The CEMD have always included suicide and much of the influential research on suicide and gender has used their data. However, a psychiatrist has

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