[Attempted suicide and menstrual cycle. An epidemiologic study]

Relations between suicidal behaviours and menstrual cycle have been studied by various authors with different methodologies, from which miscellaneous and contradictory results. We have taken this relation again, about suicide attempts admitted in Dijon's emergency department. Were recorded for each suicidal woman aged 15 to 49 their sociodemographical and gynecological characteristics. The same data were collected among women admitted in such circumstances for various pathologies except suicidal disorders. Cases and witnesses were distributed in an ideal cycle of 28 days with the method called cycle adjusting. Statistic analysis reveals a significant difference between cases and witnesses for pre-ovulatory period but don't resist to the maximum bias hypothesis. Finally, our study emphasizes without our knowing, for the population concerned, cases and witnesses alike, an increase hospital-going during pre-ovulatory period.