TY  - SER
AU  - Townsend, Harriet
TI  - “She was feeling overwhelmed at home caring for her children”: expectations of "intensive motherhood” as a risk factor for young women's suicide
PY  - 2024///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - CHILD PROTECTION
KW  - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
KW  - FAMILY VIOLENCE
KW  - INTEMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
KW  - MENTAL HEALTH
KW  - PREGNANCY
KW  - RISK FACTORS
KW  - SUICIDE
KW  - YOUNG MOTHERS
KW  - YOUNG WOMEN
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - AUSTRALIA
N1  - Violence Against Women, 2024, First published online, 23 July 2024
N2  - Suicide is a leading cause of death among young women and perinatal mothers. This paper explores how expectations of motherhood played a role in young women's deaths by suicide. I question the notion that motherhood is a “protective” factor against suicide. Using the concept of “intensive motherhood,” I interrogate how expectations of mothers became fatal. Through analysis of 31 young Australian mothers who died by suicide, three key themes are explored, centered upon the theme of “failing motherhood”: mothering without a father, mothering with mental illness, and the loss of care of children. (Author's abstract). Record #8916
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012241265365
ER  -