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Fertility Rate Trends Among Adolescent Girls With Major Mental Illness: A Population-Based Study

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Fertility rates among adolescents have decreased substantially in recent years, yet fertility rates among adolescent girls with mental illness have not been studied. We examined temporal trends in fertility rates among adolescent girls with major mental illness. METHODS: We conducted a repeated annual cross-sectional study of fertility rates among girls aged 15 to 19 years in Ontario, Canada (1999-2009). Girls with major mental …

Authors

Vigod SN; Dennis CL; Kurdyak PA; Cairney J; Guttmann A; Taylor VH

Journal

, Vol. 133, No. 3, pp. e585–e591

Publisher

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Publication Date

March 1, 2014

DOI

10.1542/peds.2013-1761

ISSN

0031-4005