Suicide

U.S. counties with greater social vulnerability had higher rates of suicide, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

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

SAN DIEGO — Primary care physicians play an important role in preventing suicide using firearms, according to a presenter at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting.

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.

The number of suspected suicidal cannabis exposures increased from 2009 to 2021, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Veterans with feelings of loneliness and lower life purpose that preceded the COVID-19 pandemic had greater odds of developing new suicidal thoughts or behaviors during the pandemic, data published in JAMA Psychiatry showed.

WASHINGTON — Suicidality was associated with weakened positive affect reactivity during conversation, which may explain the link between suicidality and social disconnection, according to findings presented here.

A logistic regression model for predicting suicide risk performed similarly well compared with more complex machine learning models, according to findings published in npj Digital Medicine.

Among people who drank alcohol before taking their own life, the likelihood of using a firearm increased with blood alcohol concentration up to a certain level, then decreased, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Exercise significantly decreased suicide attempts, according to researchers, highlighting the importance of prescribing exercise to patients with mental illnesses.