TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Suicide ideation across reproductive life cycle of women Results from a European epidemiological study
JO  - Journal of affective disorders
A1  - Usall, Judith
A1  - Pinto-Meza, Alejandra
A1  - Fernandez, Alicia
A1  - Graaf, Ron de
A1  - Demyttenaere, Koen
A1  - Alonso, Jordi
A1  - Girolamo, Giovanni de
A1  - Lépine, Jean Pierre
A1  - Kovess, Viviane
A1  - Haro, Josep Maria
SP  - 144
EP  - 147
VL  - 116
IS  - 1-2
N2  - BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study is to compare suicide ideation among women in the pre-, peri-, and post-menopause using a cross-sectional household survey of non-institutionalised adults from six European countries. METHODS: In total, 8794 out of 21,425 respondents provided data for the following study. To use men as a comparison group, we defined three different groups of male subjects, based on the mean age of the women groups. RESULTS: We found an increased risk of suicide ideation among women in their peri-menopause compared with women in their pre- or post-menopause and men. This finding was independent of mood and anxiety disorders. LIMITATIONS: Some categories showed few individuals. The cross-sectional design of our study does not allow us to conclude causal relationship between variables. CONCLUSION: The occurrence of suicide ideation varies across the reproductive life cycle of women.  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-0327
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2008.12.006
ID  - ref1
ER  -