Attempted suicide and the menstrual cycle

Tonks, Clive; Rack, Philip H.; Rose, Mary

doi:10.1016/0022-3999(68)90028-7

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“…Interest in a link between perimenstrual symptoms and psychiatric illness was initiated by reports of an excess of suicide attempts during the paramenstruum (menses itself and the preceding several days) (117)(118)(119). Recent studies have shown that women are more likely to be admitted to inpatient psychiatric units during the premenstrual and menstrual phases (120,121) and that women who attempt suicide during their premenstrual phase have a higher suicide intent (122; but see 123).…”

Section: Psychiatric Historymentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The connections between MDQ and GHQ responses were much stronger for psychologic and behavioral symptoms than for physical ones. Clare (118)(119)(120) also studied a group of women attending a PMS clinic, all of whom were MDQ positive. However, these women were just slightly more likely to be GHQ positive than were the women patients of GPs, even though they reported much more severe premenstrual symptoms.…”

Section: Psychiatric Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

Logue¹,

Moos²

1986

Psychosomatic Medicine

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112

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This article provides an overview of information on the prevalence of perimenstrual symptoms. Overall, at least 40% of women experience some cyclical perimenstrual symptoms. Although most women rate their symptoms as mild, approximately 2%-10% report severe symptoms. Prospective studies of perimenstrual symptoms indicate that retrospective reports are reasonably accurate among women who experience moderate to severe symptoms. However, among the majority of women with few or minimal symptoms, retrospective reports may amplify the cyclicity of variation in comparison to concurrent reports. A variety of risk factors are associated with patterns of symptom reporting and may provide clues to the etiology of perimenstrual symptoms and help to identify women most vulnerable to them. A woman's age and cycle characteristics are predictors of the type and severity of perimenstrual symptoms she experiences. In addition, a history of affective illness may be associated with increased reporting of perimenstrual symptoms. Future research should focus on developing new diagnostic criteria for subtypes of perimenstrual syndromes, exploring positive symptoms and experiences associated with the menstrual cycle, and formulating holistic treatment approaches that view perimenstrual syndromes as psychosomatic conditions.

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Section: Psychiatric Historymentioning

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Section: Psychiatric Historymentioning

confidence: 99%

Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

Logue¹,

Moos²

1986

Psychosomatic Medicine

180

112

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“…Several studies have described the social consequences of premenstrual disturbances (1, 3, 5 , 6, 10, 13, 17, 18). There are reports of impaired school performance (5,6) and an increased rate of punishment as a consequence of school misbehavior ( 5 , 6) and even of crime (3,13) and suicide (10,18) during the premenstrual phase of the menstrual cycle. Andersch et al (1) found that a decrease in working ability was significantly correlated to the degree of severity of premenstrual distress.…”

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Premenstrual Complaints: II. Influence of Oral Contraceptives

Andersch

Hahn

1981

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand

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The prevalence of individual premenstrual symptoms was studied in a randomly selected group of 217 women taking oral contraceptives (OC). The results were compared with corresponding data from 595 women not using the pill. the analyses included six different mental and somatic symptoms defined and graded in severity and related to age. It was found that OC had a beneficial effect on the premenstrual tension symptoms (PMT) in all age groups except in the youngest group (18 years), in which the tendency was rather the opposite. Within the total sample of women, users of OC were significantly less frequently absent from work. The present results are in agreement with those of most earlier studies, provided that age is taken into account.

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“…She suddenly became confused, excited, and walked around at night one day around ovulation. She was admitted to hospital, and [35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50] mg/day of haloperidol was administered as treatment, but her excitation persisted. She said that she was being looked at by all people in the world.…”

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Elevated Serum LH and Androgens in Affective Disorder Related to the Menstrual Cycle: With Reference to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Matsunaga

Sarai

1993

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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The hypothalamo‐pituitary‐gonadal axis was studied in 12 young women with manic‐depressive or psychotic symptoms which obviously fluctuated in association with the menstrual cycle, and also in 36 psychiatric patients with other diagnoses. The hormonal features frequently observed among these 12 cases were elevated basal LH (8 of 12 cases), decreased basal FSH (6 of 12), elevated serum testosterone (6 of 12), androstenedione (5 of 12) and/or dehydroepiandrosterone‐sulfate (3 of 11). These abnormalities resemble those of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). An ultrasonographical study revealed polycystic changes in 8 out of the 12 cases. In 10 cases clomiphene citrate was administered, and was effective in 8. In comparison with the pathophysiology of PCOS, a possible relationship was suggested between the psychiatric problems and the PCOS‐like hormonal abnormalities in these cases.

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Attempted suicide and the menstrual cycle

Cited by 59 publications

References 9 publications

Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

Perimenstrual symptoms: prevalence and risk factors.

Premenstrual Complaints: II. Influence of Oral Contraceptives

Elevated Serum LH and Androgens in Affective Disorder Related to the Menstrual Cycle: With Reference to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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