Homicide

In a study of approximately 386,000 women published in JAMA Network Open, almost half of those who took antidepressants before conception stopped treatment during pregnancy without substituting psychotherapy.

Pregnant women are more likely to die of violence than any medical cause in the U.S. and are at greater risk for violent death compared with nonpregnant women, underscoring the need for intimate partner violence screening, data show.

The gender gap in life expectancy in the United States has grown in recent years, with women living nearly 6 years longer than men on average, according to the results of a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

During 2020, the rate of pregnancy-associated death increased by 35% from 2019, with changes observed in the proportions of drug-related deaths, homicides and suicides, researchers reported.

The recent Supreme Court decisions on abortion access and firearm restrictions both have implications for people capable of pregnancy, according to a perspective published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Pregnancy-associated suicide was linked to mental health issues and substance use, and pregnancy-associated homicide was linked to intimate partner violence, according to a retrospective cohort study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Access to paid sick leave was associated with lower mortality rates among men and women in the United States, according to a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

CDC officials reported a historic increase of 35% in firearm homicides in 2020. This is the highest firearm homicide rate in the United States in more than 25 years, according to a CDC Vital Signs analysis.

Drug use, suicide and homicide account for more than a fifth of all deaths during pregnancy and the first year after birth, according to a study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Researchers have found eight replicable homicide-suicide subtypes, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.