On 2016 Oct 21, David Reardon commented:

While the authors are harsh in their criticism of Coleman's reliance on the lifetime diagnosis variable in examining each disorder, it appears from their own analysis (Table 1) that the 30-day and 12-month diagnoses showed significantly higher rates after abortion for diagnoses of PTSD, agoraphobia, alcohol dependence, drug dependence, and bipolar 1 at 12 months. Since they do not show the confidence intervals, it's quite possible that there is not enough sample power in the study for these findings to be statistically significant. Yet even in that case, the elevated rates are consistent with what has been reported in record linkage studies showing higher rates of treatment for psychiatric problems following abortion after controlling for one year prior admissions. Reardon DC, 2003Coleman PK, 2002

More importantly, a recent study Abortion, substance abuse and mental health in early adulthood: Thirteen-year longitudinal evidence from the United States provides results using a larger and more detailed data set.

On 2016 Oct 21, David Reardon commented:

While the authors are harsh in their criticism of Coleman's reliance on the lifetime diagnosis variable in examining each disorder, it appears from their own analysis (Table 1) that the 30-day and 12-month diagnoses showed significantly higher rates after abortion for diagnoses of PTSD, agoraphobia, alcohol dependence, drug dependence, and bipolar 1 at 12 months. Since they do not show the confidence intervals, it's quite possible that there is not enough sample power in the study for these findings to be statistically significant. Yet even in that case, the elevated rates are consistent with what has been reported in record linkage studies showing higher rates of treatment for psychiatric problems following abortion after controlling for one year prior admissions. Reardon DC, 2003Coleman PK, 2002

More importantly, a recent study Abortion, substance abuse and mental health in early adulthood: Thirteen-year longitudinal evidence from the United States provides results using a larger and more detailed data set.