--- title: Are suicide deaths more common during certain phases of the menstrual cycle? description: Women who died by suicide were more likely to be in the secretory or menstrual phase of their cycle compared to women who died from other causes. The reason f url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/association-of-menstruation-cycle-with-completed-suicide-a-hospital-based-case-2019/ --- - [Niyora](https://niyora.com/) - [Research](https://niyora.com/research/) - [Library](https://niyora.com/research/library/) - Are suicide deaths more common during certain phases of the menstrual cycle? Case-control study, 2019 # Are suicide deaths more common during certain phases of the menstrual cycle? Women who died by suicide were more likely to be in the secretory or menstrual phase of their cycle compared to women who died from other causes. The reason for this association is not known. Moderate study design 86 women who died by suicide and 80 who died from other causes, reproductive age ## What they did Doctors examined the uterus and ovaries during autopsy of 86 women who died by suicide and 80 women who died from other causes, all of reproductive age. They determined which phase of the menstrual cycle each woman was in at the time of death based on tissue examination. ## What they found Among women who died by suicide, 56.9% were in the secretory phase. In women who died from other causes, 66.3% were in the proliferative phase. Suicide deaths were more common in the secretory and menstrual phases compared to the proliferative phase. ## What it means for you A woman's menstrual cycle phase appears related to suicide risk, particularly during the secretory and menstrual phases. The reason is unknown. A limitation is that this is an observational study using autopsy records. 86 women who died by suicide 80 women who died from other causes 56.9% in secretory phase among suicide group ## About the study Original title Association of menstruation cycle with completed suicide: a hospital-based case-control study Authors Behera C, Sikary AK, Mridha AR et al. Journal Archives of women's mental health Year 2019 Study design Case-control study Participants 86 What was tested N/A Read the paper [doi.org/10.1007/s00737-019-00964-6](https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-019-00964-6) ## Topics [Suicidality](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-suicidality/) Research tells you what helps on average. Niyora helps on the day it hits. Calm down, see it another way, and decide what to say, with a PMS and PMDD app built by a doctor. Ask AI about this page Copy prompt ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗ Perplexity ↗ Google AI Mode ↗ Grok ↗