Resource Tag: BIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS

Data from 107 women included age & marital status, attempt method, period of contemplation of attempt, regularity of menstrual periods, whether taking an oral contraceptive & whether subject believed she was pregnant. Restricted analysis to 76 with regular cycles. Results show no significant relationship bewteen attempted suicide & phase of the menstrual cycle. Pointed out […]

This study attempted to determine if biorhythms can predict suicidal behavior. More specifically, researchers analyzed critical days in the 23-day physical cycle, the 28-day emotional cycle and the 33-day intellectual cycle popularized by Gittelson to determine if people are more prone to suicidal behavior during those times. However, statistical analysis found that none of these […]

The author attempted to find a relationship between critical days in various biorhythm cycles and successful suicides. The sample for this study consisted of over 400 deaths attributed to suicide in Georgia between 1972 to 1974. By calculation critical dates from the dates of births of these suicide victims, the author found no greater relationship […]

Researchers found an association between suicide and birthdays in the elderly, which they attributed to birthday blues. Kunz found a significant increase in death following the birthday and a death dip prior to the birthday for all ages. Since a similar pattern is found for deaths in general, programs geared towards suicide prevention may not […]

In this study, a re-examination of the concepts of death & suicide are proposed. The author suggests a classification of “orientations toward cessation”, which encompass the range of attitudes one might have toward one’s own demise. For example: cessation (final); interruption (periodical); & continuation (modal, partial, critical & focal). Examples of behaviors for each of […]