New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London has found that people on a social media suicide support forum are most likely to post to the site during the early hours of Monday morning. The study, which has been published in BMC Psychiatry, suggests that there is a […]
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Psychiatrists’ Happiness, Well-Being Hit Hard by COVID-19
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Events of the past year have taken a huge toll on the happiness, wellness, and lifestyles of many, but especially those in the healthcare field, including psychiatrists. The newly released Medscape Psychiatrist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2021 reveals how psychiatrists […]
Which suicide prevention strategies work?
A new study from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons has found that suicide mortality can be reduced by a federally coordinated approach employing scientifically proven options. Columbia researchers J. John Mann, MD, Christina A. Michel, MA, and Randy P. Auerbach, Ph.D., conducted a systematic review, determining which suicide prevention strategies work and […]
Factors Associated With Suicide in Leukemia Identified
FRIDAY, Oct. 9, 2020 — Male sex, older age at diagnosis, White race, and having acute myeloid leukemia are risk factors associated with suicide among patients with leukemia, according to a study published online Oct. 6 in Cancer Medicine. Haohui Yu, from the First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University in China, and colleagues analyzed data […]
Zack Snyder Fans Raised More Than $150,000 for Suicide Prevention
Movie buffs are raising money for suicide prevention to support filmmaker Zack Snyder, who stepped down from Justice League after the loss of his daughter. For background, Snyder developed and wrote the script before leaving the project. As Men’s Health previously reported, filming for the movie finished in October 2016, and Snyder stepped down as […]
Training middle-school educators to identify suicide warning signs
Aside from car crashes, suicide is now the second-leading cause of death among young people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. In Ohio alone, suicide is the leading cause of death for 10- to 14-year-olds, according to new data from the state’s health department. Experts agree that among the most […]
Increased, but low, suicide risk associated with use of anti-epileptic drugs
Three of the most common forms of anti-epileptic drugs in Denmark are associated with an increase in patients’ risk of suicide. However, the risk is low and should be seen in conjunction with the many beneficial effects of the medicines. This is the conclusion of a new study carried out by researchers from Aarhus University […]
Transgender adults who experience discrimination more likely to attempt suicide
A new UCLA-led analysis of data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey found that more than half of respondents, 51.2 percent, who had experienced four types of anti-transgender discrimination and violence—losing a job, eviction, homelessness and physical attack—in the past year reported attempting suicide in that year. And 97.7 percent of them had seriously thought […]
Netflix series “Dead girls don’t lie” led to increased suicide Rates
Increase in suicide rates after the publication of the Netflix series In the Netflix series “Dead girls don’t lie” (13 Reasons Why) explains the reasons, a 17-year-old teenager in detail with thirteen, why she killed herself. She speaks, every justification on a cassette, which is then transmitted after her death, the one who holds your […]