Women using menopausal hormone therapy who suicide have multiple risk factors
Menopause hormonal therapy remains the most effective treatment for management of vasomotor symptoms and this study does not demonstrate any causal risk for suicide. Rather, it highlights that women prescribed menopause hormonal therapy who suicide have multiple risk factors for suicide including psychiatric complexity, prior suicidal behaviours, physical health comorbidity and concomitant psychoactive substance use.
Authors
- Sarah Grattan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4675-8944)
- Alys Havard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6563-8804)
- Shane G Darke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8718-7055)
- Julia Lappin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5946-2144)
Institutions
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Maturitas
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2025.108784
- Primary Topic
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Justice
- National Coronial Information System