Perinatal Mental Illness and Risk of Incident Autoimmune Disease: A Population-Based Propensity-Score Matched Cohort Study.
Hilary K BrownAndrew WiltonNing LiuJoel G RayCindy-Lee DennisSimone N VigodPublished in: Clinical epidemiology (2021)
Perinatal mental illness is associated with increased risk of autoimmune disease that is no different than that of mental illness arising non-perinatally. Women with mental illness, regardless of the timing of onset, could benefit from early detection of autoimmune disease.