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A recent study uncovers a strong association between headache diagnoses and attempted or completed suicide attempts.1
“Our results further suggest a strong and persistent association with attempted and completed suicide across headache disorders including [tension-type headache]—a highly prevalent primary headache disorder typified by its mild to moderate intensity—suggesting that even patients with milder headaches may experience elevated suicide risk,” wrote investigators, led by Holly Elser, MD, from the department of clinical epidemiology at Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, in Denmark.
This is not the first study to suggest a link between migraine and attempted suicide, but limited research exists on the risk of attempted and completed suicide across headache…