Self-inflicted injuries among adolescents trending upwards
1. Emergency department visits for self-inflicted injury among adolescents during 2009-2012 were examined using a national trauma database. The number ...
Tag: suicide
Unemployment linked to increased risk of suicide
1. Suicides associated with unemployment contributed to roughly a 9-fold higher number of suicides in 2009 following the 2008 global ...
Austerity measures in Greece linked to increased suicide rates
1. A 30-year review of fatal suicides in Greece revealed that the number of completed suicides per month increased significantly ...
Suicide tourism increases in Switzerland
1. The number of foreign patients seeking assisted suicide in Switzerland has increased dramatically over the past 5 years. 2. ...
Social integration may reduce suicide risk in male health professionals
1. From a cohort study, male heath professionals who were classified in the highest categories of social integration had the ...
Efavirenz (Sustiva) for HIV patients may increase risk of suicide
1. Treatment with efavirenz in HIV patients was associated with an increased risk of suicidality. Evidence Rating Level: 2 (Good) ...
Adults with Asperger’s syndrome at increased risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors
1. Suicidal ideation in Asperger’s syndrome was found to be more than nine times higher than in the general population. ...
USPSTF finds insufficient evidence on screening for suicide risk
Image: PD 1. Based on the paucity of research evidence on the topic, the USPSTF released a statement noting that ...
Newspaper reporting of suicide linked with teenage suicide clusters
Image: PD 1. The number of reports concerning the first suicide in a cluster was found to be significantly higher ...
Structural and neurobiological foundations of suicide, a review
Image: PD 1. Suicide can be described by a stress-diathesis model which suggests that the act of suicide is brought ...