INTRODUCTION: @entity1004 ( @entity1004 ) is a common form of violence experienced by pregnant @entity1 and is believed to have adverse mental health effects postnatally. This study investigated the association of @entity308 ( @entity308 ) and suicidal ideation with emotional, physical and sexual @entity1004 experienced by @entity1 during pregnancy. METHODS: Data were collected from 842 @entity1 interviewed postnatally in six postnatal clinics in Harare, Zimbabwe. We used the World Health Organization versions of @entity1004 and Centre for Epidemiological Studies - Depression Scale measures to assess @entity1004 and @entity308 respectively. We derived a violence severity variable and combined forms of @entity1004 variables from @entity1004 questions. Logistic regression was used to analyse data whilst controlling for past mental health and @entity1004 experiences. RESULTS: One in five @entity1 [21.4% (95% CI 18.6-24.2)] met the diagnostic criteria for @entity308 symptomatology whilst 21.6% (95% CI 18.8-24.4) reported postpartum suicide thoughts and 4% (95% CI 2.7-5.4) reported suicide attempts. Two thirds (65.4%) reported any form of @entity1004 . Although individual forms of severe @entity1004 were associated with @entity308 , stronger associations were found between @entity308 and severe emotional @entity1004 or severe combined forms of @entity1004 . Suicidal ideation was associated with emotional @entity1004 . Other forms of @entity1004 , except when combined with emotional @entity1004 , were not individually associated with suicidal ideation. CONCLUSION: Emotional @entity1004 during pregnancy negatively affects @entity1 's mental health in the postnatal period. Clinicians and researchers should include it in their conceptualisation of violence and health. Further research must look at possible indirect relationships between sexual and physical @entity1004 on mental health.

High-frequency intimate partner violence during pregnancy, XXXX and suicidal tendencies in Harare, Zimbabwe.

@entity1004 :: ('MESH:C563733', 'Disease') :: ['Intimate partner violence', 'IPV'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['postnatal depression', 'PND']
@entity308 :: (MESH:D003866,Disease) :: ['postnatal depression']
