Mini-quiz: Holiday Stress and Suicide

Phase 3 psilocybin and LSD data plus new FDA guidance fuel a depression boom—yet clinics still wrestle with dosing time, cost, access.

Ketamine, esketamine, and ECT can rapidly ease suicidal thoughts, but evidence for preventing attempts or deaths remains limited—see what’s proven.

Vortioxetine eases depression in older adults, while cognitive gains stay mixed—showing selective boosts in attention and processing speed, not consistent global improvement.

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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.