Suicide

Explaining the suicidal mind and helping to provide closure to family/friends left behind is no small feat.

A recent survey found 70% of Afghanistan veterans have struggled with their mental health since serving.

These phone numbers could save a life...

What suicide prevention programs have the best evidence for efficacy?

According to the CDC, construction workers commit suicide 4 times more than the general population. What can be done to stem this hazard?

What toll does trauma take on police officers, firefighters, and EMT workers?

Some patients are intractably and maybe even irredeemably ill. What should be done for them?

Proponents of medical aid in dying often accuse their opponents of lacking compassion. But what does that word really mean?

One doctor argues that assisted suicide is just that—suicide, not murder—and should be available for some patients.

If approved, SLS-002 would be only the second approved product for ASIB.

Should psychiatrists help patients end their own lives, even if it is technically legal?

Recent data from the CDC shows a rise in suicide attempts in girls aged 12-17. What can psychiatrists do?

Health outcomes are often determined by factors outside of the hospital and clinic. How can psychiatrists address mental health challenges before they become emergencies?

This renowned psychiatrist is donating a portion of the proceeds from his book sales to help stop US military veteran suicides.

Medical aid in dying is available for psychiatric patients in European countries and Canada. Will the United States be next?

Patients with terminal illnesses may choose to refuse treatment or even hasten their own deaths, but is that the same thing as suicide?

Will a new Canadian law overturn long-held ethical norms in psychiatry?

There are beautiful things that you can only see in the dark.

The pandemic has kept people apart. What are the mental health consequences of being alone? And what would be the benefits of getting back together?

Patients with cancer are at increased risk for both suicidal ideation and completed suicide. The authors discuss factors contributing to this increase in both biological and psychological realms.

Bisexual individuals are at 4.5 to 6 higher risk of self harming than heterosexual individuals, according to this online study.

When deep, emotional pain exceeds logic, suicidal thoughts come to fruition.

A time that should be full of happy events has turned sour.

There is a growing effort to standardize the evaluation and management of pediatric SSRDs, which have been reported as the second most common reason for consultation after suicide assessments.

More than half of physicians believe that seeking psychiatric care would jeopardize their employment. What can be done?

Unable to spend adequate time with patients, residents are not learning to function as doctors, but merely as technicians for the human body.

Imagine working with a young patient showing signs of psychosis for the past 6 weeks. Your initial assessment appears to rule out medical- or substance-induced etiologies, yet symptoms persist. What's a psychiatrist to do?

When concern for a patient is not so severe that a clinician feels compelled to call the police, there are options.

As a discipline, emergency psychiatry has widened its role, especially following the enormous mental health fallout from the pandemic and the shift of police and first-responder interventions.