News Bureau | ILLINOIS
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 29, 2022
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Diagnoses of suicidal ideation soared by more than 700% among Black women in the year before childbirth, researchers found in a 10-year study of depression and suicidality in pregnant women.
Yet, diagnoses of depression increased by just 66% among Black women in the study population during that period – a troubling discrepancy that suggests many women may be going undiagnosed and untreated until their mental health becomes a crisis, said Karen M. Tabb Dina, a professor of social . . .