Depression, abuse, stress, firearm access, sexual orientation -- all are risk factors for suicide during the teen years. Yet, as Varghese and Gray comment, behaviors suggestive of suicide risk often ...

Supporting clients at risk of suicide is one of the most stressful and challenging aspects of clinical practice. The responsibility of ensuring a client’s safety, while recognizing that their actions ...

Suicidal thoughts plague up to 10 million U.S. adults annually, and 49,476 Americans died by suicide in 2022. For every death by suicide, there are an estimated 25 nonfatal attempts in adults and ...

BETHESDA, Md., May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The meta-analysis was performed by Dr. Joshua K. Swift and his team at the Department of Psychology at Idaho State University. It included nine studies, ...

Since 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration has received 265 reports of suicidal ideation in patients taking a glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist marketed for diabetes or weight loss ...

ACHCU, the educational and training division of the Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC), has launched its new Suicide Risk Screening and Assessment Support Toolkit for acute care and ...

A man in his 50s known to have heart failure with left ventricular assist device presented after a suicide attempt by cutting the device’s driveline at home. This occurred in the context of functional ...

New advice has been issued for doctors and patients prescribed GLP-1 drugs after studies linked the medications to depression ...

Trans young people are locked out of potentially life-saving healthcare—not because new evidence emerged, but because the ...