| Literature DB >> 22579105 |
Julia R Steinberg1, James Trussell, Kelli S Hall, Kate Guthrie.
Abstract
Similar to other reviews within the last 4 years, a thorough review by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, published in December 2011, found that compared to delivery of an unintended pregnancy, abortion does not increase women's risk of mental health problems. In contrast, a meta-analysis published in September 2011 concluded that abortion increases women's risk of mental health problems by 81% and that 10% of mental health problems are attributable to abortions. Like others, we strongly question the quality of this meta-analysis and its conclusions. Here we detail seven errors of this meta-analysis and three significant shortcomings of the included studies because policy, practice and the public have been misinformed. These errors and shortcomings render the meta-analysis' conclusions invalid.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID： 22579105 PMCID： PMC3646711 DOI： 10.1016/j.contraception.2012.03.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Contraception ISSN： 0010-7824 Impact factor: 3.375