India, Feb. 9 -- Can headache disorders trigger attempts of suicide? According to a study conducted by researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark, people with headache disorders are more at risk of attempting suicide. The long study of 25 years, titled 'Risk of attempted and completed suicide in persons diagnosed with headache' was published in JAMA Neurology.

The study explored how people diagnosed with migraine, tension-type headaches, posttraumatic headaches, and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia are more at risk of suicide. Around 66.6% of the world's population is affected by headaches, which can also trigger psychiatric comorbidities. Previous studies have linked migraines to an increased rate of suicide, but studies linking other ...