The British Journal of Psychiatry (2008) 193: 452-454. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.059550
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Invited commentaries on... Abortion and mental health disorders{dagger}

Patricia Casey, MD, FRCPI, FRCPsych

UCD School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Cath McAuley Education and Research Centre, Eccles Street, Dublin 7, Ireland. Email: apsych{at}mater.ie

The finding that induced abortion is a risk factor for subsequent psychiatric disorder in some women raises important clinical and training issues for psychiatrists. It also highlights the necessity for developing evidence-based interventions for these women. P.C. / Evidence suggesting a modest increase in mental health problems after abortion does not support the prominence of psychiatric issues in the abortion debate, which is primarily moral and ethical not psychiatric or scientific. M.O. et al.

 
Margaret Oates, MBChB, DPM, MRCPsych, FRCPsych

Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust, and University of Nottingham, and East Midlands Perinatal Mental Health Managed Clinical Network

Ian Jones, MSc, MBBS, MRCPsych, PhD

Cardiff University

Roch Cantwell, MB, BCh, FRCPsych

University of Glasgow, UK

Correspondence: Margaret Oates, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, Division of Psychiatry, Duncan Macmillan House, Porchester Road, Nottingham NG3 6AA, UK. Email: margaret.oates{at}nottingham.ac.uk


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