Two powerful new tests developed by psychologists at Harvard University show great promise in predicting patients' risk of attempting suicide. The work may help clinicians overcome their reliance on self-reporting by at-risk individuals, information that often proves misleading when suicidal patients wish to hide their intentions...
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July 29, 2010
July 28, 2010
Psychologists develop two potent new predictors of suicide risk
Two powerful new tests developed by psychologists show great promise in predicting patients' risk of attempting suicide. The work may help clinicians overcome their reliance on self-reporting by at-risk individuals, information that often proves misleading when suicidal patients wish to hide their intentions.
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July 16, 2010
Large Studies Link Asthma And Air Pollution To Suicide Risk
Suicide rates increase not only as a result of mental illness, but also when there are difficulties with breathing, according to two large Asian population studies that detected the effects of air pollution and asthma, an illness that itself is exacerbated by poor air conditions. Changsoo Kim, M.D., Ph.D...
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June 9, 2010
First Study To Show That Highly Variable Sleep Schedules Predict Elevated Suicide Risk
Highly variable sleep schedules predict an elevated risk for suicide independent of depression in actively suicidal young adults, according to a research abstract presented Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in San Antonio, Texas, at SLEEP 2010, the 24th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC...
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May 19, 2010
Suicide risk for seniors moving into residential homes
Whether by choice or necessity, more older adults are now living in residential homes. And while the residences themselves are designed to be appealing, the underlying reasons that precipitate moving into a residential home, as well as the ensuing adjustment process, often result in stress that can sometimes lead to suicidal behavior.
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February 19, 2010
Psychotherapy Brown Bag YouTube Channel Update - 2-18-10
We just added some new content to the PBB YouTube channel. In this video, we discuss Madelyn Gould's 2005 study that debunked the myth that assessing for suicide risk is dangerous and likely to increase depression and/or thoughts of suicide...
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February 9, 2010
Higher Suicide Risk In Youth Who Self-Identify As Gay, Lesbian Or Bisexual
Mental health professionals have long-known that gay, lesbian and bisexual (GLB) teens face significantly elevated risks of mental health problems, including suicidal thoughts and suicidal attempts. However, a group of McGill University researchers in Montreal has now come to the conclusion that self-identity is the crucial risk-factor, rather than actual sexual behaviours...
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December 2, 2009
Suicide Risk and Lethality of Attempts Linked to Low Levels of MHPG
Low levels of 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar depression were shown to be associated with increased risk of suicide attempts. Hanga Galfalvy, PhD, assistant professor of clinical neurobiology at Columbia University and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, and her colleagues found that patients with the lowest levels
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September 29, 2009
Gender Difference In Elderly Suicide Risk After Previous Attempts
In older age groups, repeated suicide attempts constitute an increased risk for completed suicide in depressed women, while severe attempts constitute an increased risk for depressed men. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry studied suicide attempts in 100 patients who committed suicide and in an age- and sex-matched control group, investigating the effects of age on suic
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Debunking a harmful myth: Assessing for suicide risk does not cause people to become suicidal
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. Having been trained in a lab that specializes in the systematic investigation of suicide, I have been frequently exposed to the perspective that evaluating suicide risk is imperative and should be done routinely, even with...
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