title: Suicide ideation across reproductive life cycle of women. Results from a European epidemiological study.
abstract: 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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some categories showed few individuals. The cross-sectional design of our study does not allow us to conclude causal relationship between variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The occurrence of suicide ideation varies across the reproductive life cycle of women.
authors.affiliation: Sant Joan de Déu-SSM, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Spain. jusall@sjd-ssm.com
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Usall
authors.forename: Alejandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pinto-Meza
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Graaf
authors.forename: Koen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demyttenaere
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alonso
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: de Girolamo
authors.forename: Jean Pierre
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Lepine
authors.forename: Viviane
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kovess
authors.forename: Josep Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Haro
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D047648:Perimenopause / Q000523:psychology*; D017698:Postmenopause / Q000523:psychology*; D017697:Premenopause / Q000523:psychology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult