Suicide Attempts and Completions among Mothers Whose Children Were Taken into Care by Child Protection Services: A Cohort Study Using Linkable Administrative Data

Wall‐Wieler, Elizabeth; Roos, Leslie L.; Brownell, Marni; Nickel, Nathan; Château, Dan; Singal, Deepa

doi:10.1177/0706743717741058

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“…In addition to the increased risk of suicide among mothers—findings consistent with previous research—we found that mothers are at higher risk for other causes of avoidable mortality, including death due to ischaemic heart disease 8. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine mortality among fathers whose children were placed in care; we found that fathers whose children are placed in care are also at increased risk of death due to avoidable causes.…”

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Avoidable mortality among parents whose children were placed in care in Sweden: a population-based study

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Liu

et al. 2018

J Epidemiol Community Health

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Avoidable mortality among parents whose children were placed in care in Sweden: a population-based study

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“…A study of general hospital in‐patients in China showed that suicide risk was highest in people who were aged over 60 and in their cohort suggested that assertive efforts should be made to identify this group early in order to screen to screen for suicidal ideas (Wan, Ding, Hu, et al, ) especially as there is research that shows that physicians are less likely to screen for and record suicide risk in older adults (Raue, ).…”

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Preventing suicide, promoting resilience: Is this achievable from a global perspective?

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Goldberg

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Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

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Suicide continues to be a major health concern globally despite many initiatives to identify risk factors and methods for suicide prevention. We have carried out a detailed narrative review of the literature from 2016 to 2019 using the headings of Personal resilience (P1), People (P2), Places (P3), Prevention (P4), Promoting collaboration (P5), and Promoting research (P6) in order to support an integrated approach to suicide prevention and the promotion of personal and population resilience. We have made 10 key recommendations on how this can be moved forward.

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“…As this was a qualitative study, the longer-term consequences for the parents cannot be measured. A study by Wall-Wieler et al (2018) indicates an increased risk of suicide attempts and completion among mothers after a child custody loss [46]. The families in this study were severely traumatized, although they were reunited.…”

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Parents’ experiences of seeking health care and encountering allegations of shaken baby syndrome: A qualitative study

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Objectives To explore parents' experiences of seeking health care for their children and instead being accused by healthcare professionals of Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma (SBS/AHT), being reported to Social Services, undergoing judiciary processing, and the impact of these events on family (dis)integration. Methods Design: A qualitative study based on qualitative content analysis. Participants: Twelve parents in Sweden, mothers and fathers, seeking health care for their infants, encountering allegations of SBS/AHT, losing custody of their infants, and being subjected to a judiciary process, and finally regaining custody of their children. Data collection: In-depth interviews. Results An overarching theme 'Fighting for protection of their child after being trapped by doctors' and four sub-themes were developed to reflect the parents' experiences, reactions and interpretations. The first sub-theme, 'Being accused of injuring the child', illuminated the shock experienced when seeking care and instead being accused of being a perpetrator. The second, 'Chaos and powerlessness', refers to the emotions experienced when losing custody of the child and being caught in the enforcement of legislation by the authorities. The third,´The unified fight against the doctors' verdict´, illustrates the parents' fight for innocence, their worry for the lost child, and their support and resistance. The fourth, 'The wounded posttraumatic growth', describes the emotions, grief, panic, anxiety, and challenges in reuniting the family, but also the parents' reflections on personal growth. Unanimously, they had experienced the authorities' inability to reconsider, and expressed a deep mistrust of paediatric care.

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Suicide Attempts and Completions among Mothers Whose Children Were Taken into Care by Child Protection Services: A Cohort Study Using Linkable Administrative Data

Abstract: Mothers who had a child taken into care had significantly higher rates of suicide attempts and completions. When children are taken into care, physician and social workers should inquire about maternal suicidal behaviour and provide appropriate mental health.

Cited by 31 publications

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Avoidable mortality among parents whose children were placed in care in Sweden: a population-based study

Avoidable mortality among parents whose children were placed in care in Sweden: a population-based study

Preventing suicide, promoting resilience: Is this achievable from a global perspective?

Parents’ experiences of seeking health care and encountering allegations of shaken baby syndrome: A qualitative study

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