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September 12, 2020
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Speaker: Devise risk assessment plan for treating suicidal patients

Working with suicidal individuals is inevitable for clinicians, thus making it essential to understand suicide and create a plan for its risk assessment, according to a presenter at the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.

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September 03, 2020
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Timely follow-up reduces suicide risk for youths discharged from psychiatric hospital

Timely follow-up reduces suicide risk for youths discharged from psychiatric hospital

Youths who received outpatient mental health follow-up within 1 week of psychiatric hospital discharge appeared at reduced risk for suicide in the immediate period after discharge, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

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June 23, 2020
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Despair among young adults may increase risk for suicidality, substance misuse

Despair among young adults may increase risk for suicidality, substance misuse

Despair appeared associated with increased risk for suicidality and substance misuse among young adults, according to results of a study published in JAMA Network Open.

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May 27, 2020
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Esketamine nasal spray may rapidly reduce depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with intent

Esketamine nasal spray may rapidly reduce depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation with intent

Esketamine nasal spray appeared to rapidly reduce depressive symptoms among severely ill patients with major depressive disorder who had active suicidal ideation with intent, according to a study published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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April 23, 2020
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Suicidal acts increase among women, adolescents, older adults

Suicidal acts increase among women, adolescents, older adults

Suicidal acts have increased among women, adolescents and older adults, according to findings of a cross-sectional study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

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March 27, 2020
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Adolescents’ internalizing mental health problems, related care causing new treatment demands, study suggests

Adolescents’ internalizing mental health problems, related care causing new treatment demands, study suggests

The growing number of adolescents receiving care for internalizing mental health problems and the increasing share receiving care in specialty outpatient settings have put new demands on specialty adolescent mental health treatment centers, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

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March 17, 2020
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Researchers identify risk and protective factors for childhood suicidality

Researchers identify risk and protective factors for childhood suicidality

Researchers have identified protective and risk factors associated with childhood suicidality, according to results of a U.S. population-based study published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

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February 28, 2020
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Antidepressant trials often exclude individuals with suicidality

Antidepressant trials often exclude individuals with suicidality

Individuals with suicidality often are excluded from antidepressant trials, which creates uncertainty about medication efficacy and safety in segments of the target population, according to study findings published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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February 25, 2020
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Top stories in psychiatry: Role of hopelessness overestimated in suicidal ideation, ‘effortful behavior’ predicts depression relapse

Top stories in psychiatry: Role of hopelessness overestimated in suicidal ideation, ‘effortful behavior’ predicts depression relapse

Study findings published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry suggest that the severity of depressive symptoms may be more accurate in predicting suicidal ideation than hopelessness. It was the top story in psychiatry last week.

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February 18, 2020
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Research has overestimated role of hopelessness in suicidal ideation

Research has overestimated role of hopelessness in suicidal ideation

Hopelessness is likely a driving factor for suicidal ideation in patients with depressive disorder, largely because it covaries with depressive symptoms, according to study findings published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. However, researchers noted that severity of depressive symptoms may predict suicidal ideation more accurately than hopelessness.

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