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Suneeta Sunny

Menstrual Cycles Intensify Suicidal Thoughts In People Struggling With Mental Health, Study Says

The study provided a detailed understanding of how the menstrual cycle affects symptoms and suicidality in different individuals. (Credit: pixabay/ Engin_Akyurt)

Women with suicidal thoughts face an increased risk of ideation or planning of suicide in the days around menstruation, a study has revealed.

A research team from the University of Illinois, Chicago, examined how suicidal thoughts and related symptoms fluctuated with the menstrual cycle in a group of 119 participants. The findings were published in The American Journal of Psychiatry.

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