‘More women commit suicide during menstrual period’

A team of forensic experts at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences has correlated complexities in menstrual cycle with the tendency to commit suicide among women, reports HT Correspondent.

A team of forensic experts at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has correlated complexities in menstrual cycle with the tendency to commit suicide among women.

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Women in depression, especially during their menstrual periods, run a greater risk of harming themselves including committing suicide, a team of researchers at the country’s premier institute has found out.

“Complexities in menstrual cycle may be a strong reason for heightened suicide risk,” said Dr TD Dogra, head of department of forensic sciences at AIIMS.

“Women with menstrual problem were more likely to have a major depressive disorder than women with no such problems and we have observed menstrual cycle having a positive association with suicidal behaviour.”

In all, 100 female bodies, between the age group of 15-45 years, were studied for the research. And out of those 56 bodies were found to be suicide cases. The rest had died due to various other reasons.