Suicide

People who committed suicide by firearm were less likely to seek treatment and have previous suicide attempts, yet more likely to reveal their thoughts and plans, compared with others who took their own life.

In its latest step to address a national emergency in pediatric mental health, the AAP has collaborated on a set of guidelines known as the Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention.

Life is a journey that is lived moment by moment, day by day, one step at a time, and taken one breath at a time.

The Senate recently passed a bill to address the stigma that health care professionals often face when seeking mental health services.

A genomic approach may help identify children at high risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

Researchers found moderate rates of exclusion and refusal in youth suicide prevention randomized controlled trials, according to results of a meta-analysis published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

Psychological pain is linked with levels of physical pain and recent suicidal acts, as well as depression symptom severity, according to a French study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

A variety of social and environmental factors are crucial to assess rates of self-injury mortality and suicide, according to results of a 2-decade-long U.S. cross-sectional study published in JAMA Network Open.

Young people who were prescribed opioids had a 19% relatively greater risk for suicidal behavior than those who took prescription NSAIDs, according to a study of Swedish data that was published in Pediatrics.

Cathleen M. McCabe, MD, and Laura B. Enyedi, MD, talk with Jaya B. Kumar, MD, FASRS, and Jullia A. Rosdahl, MD, PhD, about addressing physician suicide and destigmatizing mental health. Plus, they share their favorite resilience hacks.