Increased burden of cardiovascular risk among youth suicide attempters.

CONCLUSIONS: Youth attempters show an increased burden for cardiovascular risk compared to other high-risk individuals in inpatient and population-based samples. Clinicians should pay particular attention to cardiovascular risk factors among suicide attempters in order to reduce their risk for cardiovascular events. PMID: 33070786 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33070786?dopt=Abstract

Source: Psychological Medicine - October 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Zhong Y, Pham S, Porta G, Douaihy A, Marsland A, Brent D, Melhem NM Tags: Psychol Med Source Type: research