NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – November 11, 2009 – People with bipolar disorder who smoke appear to have a heightened risk of suicidal behavior — possibly because they are generally prone to impulsive acts, a new study suggests.
Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, is marked by dramatic swings in mood — ranging from episodes [...]
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13 Nov
Smoking tied to suicide risk in bipolar disorder
15 Oct
Offer Of Hope For Treatment Resistant Depression
New Brain Stimulation Treatment May Offer Hope For Those With Treatment Resistant Depression
ScienceDaily (Oct. 14, 2009) — A new neurosurgical procedure may prove helpful for patients with treatment-resistant depression. Bilateral epidural prefrontal cortical stimulation (EpCS) was found generally safe and provided significant improvement of depressive symptoms in a small group of patients, according to lead [...]
14 Sep
Ketamine Reduces Suicidality In Depressed Patients
ScienceDaily (Sep. 13, 2009) — Drug treatment options for depression can take weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge, which is clearly inadequate for those at immediate risk of suicide. However, intravenous (IV) ketamine, a drug previously used as an anesthetic, has shown rapid antidepressant effects in early trials.
Researchers have now explored ketamine’s effects on [...]
18 Jun
FDA Warnings & Depression Diagnosis
FDA Warnings Led To Unintended Changes In Depression Diagnosis, New Report Finds
ScienceDaily (June 16, 2009) — Government warnings about suicidality among children taking antidepressants appear to be associated with unintended and persistent changes in the diagnosis and treatment of depression in children and adults, according to a new report.
“In October 2003 the Food and Drug [...]
10 Jun
Severe Nightmares May Warn of Suicidal Symptoms
Treating sleep problems could aid suicide prevention, researchers suggest
TUESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) — Besides disturbing a good night’s sleep, nightmares might be linked to an increased risk of suicide, a new study suggests.
Researchers assessed 82 men and women, ages 18 to 66, who were awaiting an emergency psychiatric evaluation before being admitted to a [...]
6 Jun
Sedatives May Increase Suicide Risk In Older Patients
ScienceDaily (June 4, 2009) — Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychiatric conditions, sedatives and hypnotics were both associated with an increased risk of suicide.
Anders Carlsten and Margda Waern from Gothenburg University carried out a [...]
11 May
Drinking While Down May Signal Teen Suicide Risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Friday, May 08, 2009 – Adolescents who drink alcohol while sad or depressed have an increased risk of attempting suicide, whether or not they have previously had suicidal thoughts, a study indicates.
This underscores the need to screen adolescents for problematic alcohol use, as drinking while down may be an important [...]
11 Feb
SSRIs May Reduce Suicide In Adults
ScienceDaily (Feb. 10, 2009) — Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) may reduce the risk of suicide in depressed adults, according to a study by researchers from the World Health Organization and the University of Verona, Italy published in CMAJ.
The study, a meta-analysis of 8 large-scale observational studies, was undertaken to explore whether SSRIs reduce or [...]
21 Dec
Suicide screening in schools yields results
By Megan Rauscher
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – December 18, 2008 – School-based suicide screening can identify students at risk for suicide and other mental health problems not recognized by school professionals, new research suggests.
“School-based screening can be an integral component of a school’s mental health initiative and complement the work already being performed by school [...]
21 Dec
Male Suicide
Men Sexually Abused In Childhood Ten Times More Likely To Contemplate Suicide
ScienceDaily (Dec. 19, 2008) — Sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk of suicide in men by up to ten times, say researchers from the University of Bath. A recent study of Australian men has found that those who were sexually abused as children [...]
14 Dec
‘TIS THE SEASON
‘TIS THE HOLIDAY SEASON
I spent three Christmases in hospital; two I couldn’t even leave to go home for Christmas dinner. Difficult to accept for all concerned, but I was just too unwell and they felt I was a risk.
So, three or four others and me sat in a gloomy dining room and picked at our ‘turkey [...]
15 Nov
Chronic Pain Might Contribute To Suicidal Thoughts
ScienceDaily (Nov. 13, 2008) — New research suggests that patients with chronic pain are more prone than others are to consider suicide. The increased risk remained even when study authors took the possible influence of mental illness into account.
“This is further evidence that we need to be aware of the heightened risk for suicide in [...]
25 Sep
Preventing Suicide In Low- To Middle-income Countries
ScienceDaily – Sep. 23, 2008 — An international study of almost 2,000 people in Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, Iran and China has shown that a low cost strategy to keep in contact with people who have previously attempted suicide, can reduce the risk of subsequent suicides.
Given that suicide is among the top three causes of [...]
2 Jun
MORE THAN 2 MILLION U.S. YOUTHS DEPRESSED: Study
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – May 13, 2008 – More than 2 million U.S. teenagers have suffered a serious bout of depression in the past year, including nearly 13 percent of girls, according to a federal government survey released on Tuesday.
On average, 8.5 percent of adolescents aged 12 to 17 described having had a major depressive episode [...]
3 Dec
Suicide Risk Increased in Sexually Abused Teens
By Amy Norton
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Teenagers who have ever been sexually abused appear to have a higher suicide risk than their peers, but their families may be able to make a difference, a large study suggests.
Researchers found that among nearly 84,000 Minnesota adolescents, those with a [...]
26 Nov
Deliberate Self-Harm Can Signal Suicide Risk
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 – NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The characteristics of young patients who commit acts of deliberate self-harm vary widely, but the risk of suicide is
very high in this population, UK investigators report.
“Deliberate self-harm and suicide are both major problems in young people,” Drs. Keith Hawton and Louise Harriss, of the University [...]
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