Suicidal Ideation

Transgender and gender-diverse adults who received testosterone therapy immediately instead of after a standard care waiting period of 3 months had greater reductions in gender dysphoria, depression and suicidality, according to study data.

Annual suicide deaths in the United States hit nearly 50,000 in 2022, reaching an all-time high, according to provisional data from the CDC.

The prevalence of suicide ideation is comparable across people of all racial and ethnic groups who have alcohol use disorder, but those from underrepresented groups are less likely to be diagnosed, an expert told Healio.

Esketamine is an effective and well-tolerated treatment option for adolescents with major depressive disorder and suicidal ideation, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

SAN FRANCISCO — Ketamine treatment for depression can safely and effectively be administered at home, according to a presenter at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Treatment with ketamine may be an effective augmenter of risk mitigation for suicidality and effective modulator for suicide-related cognitive processing in adults, according to data presented here.

INDIANAPOLIS — In a survey of psychiatrically hospitalized youth, more than half of participants reported their most recent suicide attempt occurred in the evening and night. According to researchers, the diurnal variation in suicidal ideation points to the need for increased support in the later hours of the day to decrease youth suicide risk.

Rates of suicidal behavior and ideation increased among high school girls, according to findings published in a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Supplement.

For Mental Health Awareness Month, Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW, discussed his advice for working with suicidal youth and their families.

On days when youth in the LGBTQ+ community reported more external and internal identity-related stressors, they also reported more intense thoughts of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury, data showed.