Risk of Attempted and Completed Suicide in Persons Diagnosed With Headache.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Although past research suggests an association between migraine and attempted suicide, there is limited research regarding risk of attempted and completed suicide across headache disorders.

Objective

To examine the risk of attempted and completed suicide associated with diagnosis of migraine, tension-type headache, posttraumatic headache, and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia (TAC).

Design, setting, and participants

This was a population-based cohort study of Danish citizens from 1995 to 2020. The setting was in Denmark, with a population of 5.6 million people. Persons 15 years and older who were diagnosed with headache were matched by sex and birth year to persons without headache diagnosis with a ratio of 5:1. Data analysis was conducted from May 2023 to M

SUBMITTER: Elser H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11791769 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature