by APFLI | Dec 4, 2009 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
By Michael Pakaluk Imagine that in a certain country there was a pain-killing drug that patients really wanted to take because it improved their mood. The legislature of this country had passed a law, however, saying that, in view of this drug's power, physicians...
by APFLI | Nov 7, 2009 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Study Shows 85 Percent of Women Say Abortions Cause Mental Health Issues A new report from researchers at a university in New Zealand indicates 85 percent of women who had abortions report negative mental health issues as a result. The report is the latest from...
by APFLI | Oct 21, 2009 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Violence and Victims, October 2009 DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.24.5.577 Source: PubMed...
by APFLI | Dec 19, 2008 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Suicide Risk on the Rise For Teens and Adult Women, Too “Parents are faced with a shell of a person and have no idea where they lost their child.” -Teri, who had a secret abortion as a teen A troubling 2008 study published in the Journal of...
by APFLI | Dec 5, 2008 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Study Shows Direct Link Between Abortion and Mental Health Problems On 28 November08, an American study was published with the same general results: "Induced abortion and anxiety, mood, and substance abuse disorders: Isolating the effects of abortion in...
by APFLI | Dec 5, 2008 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
"Abortion and Mental Health Disorders: Evidence from a 30-year Longitudinal Study" in the British Journal of Psychiatry, December 2008 Women who have an abortion are at 3-fold risk of developing drug or alcohol addiction. After an abortion, women are 30%...
by APFLI | Aug 21, 2005 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Women who have abortions are more likely than others to suffer from anxiety problems, substance abuse, sexual disorders, and suicidal thoughts. This study, published in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders, found that among women with unintended first pregnancies,...
by APFLI | Jul 12, 2005 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Trauma Symptoms After Abortion Are Common Post-traumatic reactions to induced abortion may be far more common than previously thought, according to a study published in the Medical Science Monitor. Sixty-five percent of American women studied experienced multiple...
by APFLI | May 6, 2004 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Researchers in Norway have found that abortion presents a more significant damaging emotional impact on women than miscarriage. The study found that women who had an abortion two years ago were more likely than women who had miscarriages to be suppressing thoughts and...
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2004 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
This is a record-based study… "This study was an attempt to document suicides taking place within a year after the end of pregnancy. A review of registry data covering all deaths of Finnish women of childbearing age in the years 1987 to 1994 yielded 73...
by APFLI | Mar 3, 2004 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Three Reports: BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL FINDS CLINICAL DEPRESSION LINKED TO ABORTION AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY REPORTS ABORTION CAN CAUSE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR: women whose first pregnancies ended in abortion were 65% more likely to...
by APFLI | May 1, 2003 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Women who have an abortion are more likely to be hospitalized afterward for psychiatric care, compared to women who carry their baby to term, according to a landmark new U.S. study. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, is based on a review...
by APFLI | Nov 30, 1999 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
Two Studies –Women who undergo abortions are at greater risk for mental health problems in subsequent years, according to a new study presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society (APS) held 6/00 in FL. The study looked at CA women who...
by APFLI | Nov 30, 1999 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
A report from the National Institutes of Health finds that not only are girls and young women more likely to think about committing suicide; they're much more likely to follow through. Abortion is partly to blame for the increase… Dr....
by APFLI | Nov 30, 1999 | Studies - Depression / Suicide / Mental Health
BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL FINDS CLINICAL DEPRESSION LINKED TO ABORTION; and AMERICAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPSYCHIATRY REPORTS ABORTION CAN CAUSE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS The British Medical Journal reports that women who abort a first pregnancy are at greater risk of subsequent...