Decedents in this study were evaluated for previous suicide attempt, their history of mental health treatment and substance use, and treatment at the time of their death.
After there was wide-scale public attention to a rap song dealing with suicide, the daily call volumes to the United States Suicide Prevention Lifeline were assessed.
The researchers examined trends in health care for eating disorders from 2018 to 2020, together with other common behavioral health conditions, in a section of commercially insured individuals in the United States.
In this study, patients were stratified by condition and suicide history and randomized to receive 600 mg/d extended-release lithium carbonate or placebo in addition to usual care.
The researchers sought to describe current research on exposure to suicide among mental health professionals and first responders, focusing on its prevalence and impact, and to identify gaps in the literature.
The researchers asked whether implementing suicide prediction models reinforces and worsens racial and ethnic disparities in care.
Data from the CDC on suicide deaths indicate a 5.6% decline in suicide deaths between 2019 and 2020 in the United States. We spoke with Christine Yu Moutier, MD, Chief Medical Officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) about this data.
The researchers asked this question: Does having multiple prior generations affected by depression increase risk of psychopathology in children, and can it be reliably measured in large, diverse samples using informant-reported family history?
With the COVID-19 pandemic having serious mental health effects for many people, the researchers sought to assess the early effect of the pandemic on suicide rates across the globe.
In April 2020, Lorna M. Breen, a top emergency physician in New York City, committed suicide. Breen had no history of mental illness, but prior to her death, according to The New York Times, she described to her father “an onslaught of patients who were dying before they could even be taken out of ambulances.”…
