Canada needs to do more to understand and prevent maternal suicide, with regular in-depth audits of deaths and vigilance of health care providers to detect postpartum depression, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The recent suicide of a mother in Manitoba and the deaths of her two young children have focused attention on the link between postpartum depression and suicide. The United Kingdom and other countries conduct case-by-case analyses of maternal deaths to understand causes, but Canada does not...

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