Ketamine, esketamine, and ECT can rapidly ease suicidal thoughts, but evidence for preventing attempts or deaths remains limited—see what’s proven.
|Videos|October 20, 2020
Assessing for Suicidal Thoughts
Author(s)Summer R. Thompson, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Suicide is the third leading cause of death in people aged 15-24. Review how you can assess adolescents for suicidal ideation.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Related to this article
Learn how clozapine, lithium, ketamine, and antidepressants fit into suicide prevention, from rapid crisis relief to long-term risk reduction.
Can hormones flag suicide risk in schizophrenia? Review links cortisol, thyroid and testosterone shifts—and clozapine/lithium pathways—to risk.
How VA clinicians treat veterans’ PTSD while managing suicide risk, using shared decisions, safety planning, and phase-based trauma therapies.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Trending on Psychiatric Times
1
Defining Treatment-Resistant Depression In Adults
2
Interventional Options for TRD: ECT, TMS, and Esketamine
3
ARFID: When Remission Is Not Silence
4
Tricyclics, MAOIs, and Psychotherapy: Legacy Options in MDD Treatment
5