HIgh rates of suicide and birth trauma among womb twin survivors

I have been studying birth trauma for a while, as I have been told that is is  related to  suicidal ideation.  Suicidal feelings certainly are related to being a womb twin survivor, as a whopping 40% of the questionnaire respondents agreed strongly with the statement:


I have wanted to commit suicide more than one in my life (see the questionnaire here) 


This is twice the highest rate ( which was in New Zealand) , according to research in 1999.

Weissman, M. M., R. C. Bland, et al. (1999). Prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide attempts in nine countries. Psychological Medicine, Vol. 29, No.1, p. 9-17

About a third of the respondents reported a traumatic birth and I don't have a comparative study to say it its higher or lower than average, and its not the same individuals.

In fact the respondents who reported suicidal feelings were less likely to report birth trauma.   So, back to the drawing board.......

We need more research into all this: I'm doing my little bit, but imagine what a university psychology department could do, with more resources.  Very excited about having 1000 respondents  - as half of them are able to provide evidence of their twin, that's a nice big group of 500 definite womb twin survivors to play with.