Objective:This study estimated national annual trends and characteristics of emergency department visits for suicide attempts and intentional self-harm in the United States from 2011 to 2020.Methods:Data were from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, an annual cross-sectional national sample survey of emergency departments. Visits for suicide attempts and intentional self-harm were identified using discharge… Continue reading National Trends in Emergency Department Visits for #Suicide Attempts and Intentional #Self-Harm
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#Mortality Risk Among Women With #Premenstrual Disorders in Sweden
Key PointsQuestion Do women with premenstrual disorders (PMDs) have higher risks of all-cause and cause-specific mortality compared with women without PMDs?Findings This nationwide matched cohort study of 406 488 women in Sweden during a mean (SD) follow-up of 6.2 (4.6) years (range, 1-18 years) revealed that overall, women with diagnosed PMDs did not have an increased risk of… Continue reading #Mortality Risk Among Women With #Premenstrual Disorders in Sweden
‘Death by 1000 Cuts’: Medscape National #Physician #Burnout & #Suicide Report 2021
Gender Dysphoria and Suicidal Ideation: Clinical Observations from a Psychiatric Emergency Service
Adolescent gender dysphoria is increasingly common. There has been documentation of the association of gender dysphoria with numerous other psychiatric conditions as well as attempted and completed suicide. The literature is unsettled on specific risk factors for self-harm within this population. Though there are published recommendations, there appears to be a need for additional clinical… Continue reading Gender Dysphoria and Suicidal Ideation: Clinical Observations from a Psychiatric Emergency Service
Lithium Treatment in the Prevention of Repeat Suicide-Related Outcomes in Veterans With Major Depression or Bipolar DisorderA Randomized Clinical Trial
Suicide and suicide attempts are persistent and increasing public health problems. Observational studies and meta-analyses of randomized clinical trials have suggested that lithium may prevent suicide in patients with bipolar disorder or depression. Objective To assess whether lithium augmentation of usual care reduces the rate of repeated episodes of suicide-related events (repeated suicide attempts, interrupted… Continue reading Lithium Treatment in the Prevention of Repeat Suicide-Related Outcomes in Veterans With Major Depression or Bipolar DisorderA Randomized Clinical Trial
Google searches for #suicide and suicide risk factors in the early stages of the #COVID-19 pandemic
A novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which causes the COVID-19 respiratory illness, emerged in December of 2019 and has since spread globally. The dramatic lifestyle changes and stressors associated with this pandemic pose a threat to mental health and have the potential to exacerbate risk factors for suicide. We used autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to… Continue reading Google searches for #suicide and suicide risk factors in the early stages of the #COVID-19 pandemic
#Alcohol Use Disorder and Risk of #Suicide in a Swedish Population-Based Cohort
..The lifetime rate of suicide during the observation period was 3.54% for women and 3.94% for men with AUD, compared with 0.29% and 0.76% of women and men, respectively, without AUD. In adjusted analyses, AUD remained robustly associated with suicide: hazard ratios across observation periods ranged from 2.61 to 128.0 among women and from 2.44… Continue reading #Alcohol Use Disorder and Risk of #Suicide in a Swedish Population-Based Cohort
Effects of increased minimum #wages by unemployment rate on #suicide in the USA
..The effect of a US$1 increase in the minimum wage ranged from a 3.4% decrease (95% CI 0.4 to 6.4) to a 5.9% decrease (95% CI 1.4 to 10.2) in the suicide rate among adults aged 18–64 years with a high school education or less. We detected significant effect modification by unemployment rate, with the largest effects… Continue reading Effects of increased minimum #wages by unemployment rate on #suicide in the USA
A Comparison of #Suicide Risk #Scales in Predicting Repeat Suicide Attempt and Suicide: A Clinical Cohort Study
To compare the predictive accuracy of the Suicide Intent Scale (SIS), the Suicide Assessment Scale (SUAS), the Karolinska Interpersonal Violence Scale (KIVS), and the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) for suicide attempts and suicides within 3 and 12 months of an episode of self-harm. ..At least 1 suicide attempt was recorded for 216 participants during… Continue reading A Comparison of #Suicide Risk #Scales in Predicting Repeat Suicide Attempt and Suicide: A Clinical Cohort Study
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