
The evidence points toward an overall protective effect in adult cohorts and no increase in completed suicide in younger populations.
How can we help others in September, National Suicide Prevention Month?
Susan J. Noonan, MD, MPH emphasizes how we must know and be on the lookout for risk factors and warning signs of suicide.
Dr Noonan is a physician consultant and Certified Peer Specialist in the Department of Psychiatry at McLean Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital. She is the author of four books and a blog on managing depression, most recently