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Premenstrual Symptoms in Self-Referrals to a Suicide Prevention Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Richard D. Wetzel ,
James N. McClure Jr.  and
Theodore Reich
Richard D. Wetzel
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, U.S.A.
James N. McClure Jr.
Affiliation:
Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri, 63110, U.S.A.
Theodore Reich
Affiliation:
Van Amerigen Fellow of Foundations Fund for Research in Psychiatry in Population Genetics at the University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, Edinburgh, 8
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Two studies have been made of the relationship between premenstrual tension and phase of the menstrual cycle at the time of suicide attempt. Tonks et al. (1968) reported a negative relationship. Women without premenstrual symptoms accounted for the premenstrual increase in suicide attempts. Zacco et al. (1960) reported a significant positive relationship, women with the premenstrual syndrome being more likely to attempt premenstrually.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 119 , Issue 552 , November 1971 , pp. 525 - 526
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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References

Tonks, C. M., Rach, P. H., and Rose, M. J. (1968). ‘Attempted suicide and the menstrual cycle.’ Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 11, 319–23.Google Scholar
Wetzel, R. D., Reich, T., and McClure, J. N. Jr. (1971). ‘Phase of the menstrual cycle and self-referrals to a Suicide Prevention Service.’ British Journal of Psychiatry, 119, 523–4.Google Scholar
Zacco, M., Pacillo, V., Piliego, N., and Jannone, D. (1960). ‘il suicidio in rapporto al ciclo mestruale.’ Medicina Psicosomatica, 5, 187–208.Google Scholar
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