Suicide

The Chief Medical Officer for the AFSP sat down with Psychiatric Times to talk about the new Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.

How can these mHealth apps help in the treatment of depression?

In the absence of definitive data, how can primary care providers help prevent suicide and provide compassionate care that promotes quality of life in their patients?

Primary care providers are increasingly seeing patients who are struggling with mental illness—how can they effectively assist these patients?

Panelists presented 2 studies comparing evidence-based strategies for improved patient outcomes.

We need to talk about the startling suicide rates in Black girls and women...

An adolescent psychiatric RN shares “Heavy Damage,” a poem about managing grief after losing a loved one to suicide.

Recent updates in suicide prevention interventions for older adults and how a novel tablet application may provide relief to individuals at high risk of suicide.

Research data have implications for prevention programs.

May his words and ideals continue to inspire...

If a patient gives consent to be killed, is a physician ethically justified in acceding to the request?

Poetry approaches the visceral experience of intense emotion better than prose or medical reports.

The Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sat down to talk with Psychiatric Times about the new data on suicide deaths between 2019 and 2020.

Is this patient reaction the calm before the storm?

In this CME, learn to identify 3 patient groups who are characterized by elevated rates of suicidal behavior and co-occurring cognitive/neuropsychological impairment.

In cases of assisted suicide, do patients really have rational autonomy?

All in a good night’s sleep? Researchers performed a pharmacovigilance study of second-generation antipsychotics and mood stabilizers as the suspected agent of psychiatric adverse drug reactions (insomnia and suicide/ideation/behavior/death).

How does the experience of racism contribute to suicidal ideation and attempts?

One man shares his suicide survival story, and what he does to aid suicide prevention.

Rates of law enforcement suicide have increased over the past 5 years. How can this problem be prevented?

In the past decade, black teenage girl suicides have increased. How can we address this problem?

The Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention sat down to talk with Psychiatric Times about a number of important topics in suicide.

The term 'suicidal bombings' should perhaps be renamed 'homicidal bombings.' Here's why.

There's 1 suicide death every 45 seconds... every community has a suicide story, but we can help.

A former resident's reflection on burnout, physician PTSD, and their consequences for patient care.