Citation

Chaturvedi SK, Chandra PS, Gururaj G, Pandian RD, Beena MB. J. Affect. Disord. 1995; 34(3): 193-199.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7560547

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of suicidal ideas and death wish among 296 women from urban, rural, industrial and college populations. Suicidal ideas and/or death wish during premenstrual period were reported by 30 (10%) subjects, more so among college students and industrial working women and less among housewives. Premenstrual symptoms, like depression, irritability, mood swings, sense of losing control and water retention, were significantly more often reported by women who had suicidal ideas as compared with women without suicidal ideas.

Language: en