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Marsha Certain, MD, an interventional cardiologist from Georgia, was killed late last week, at age 69, in an apparent murder-suicide, according to authorities. ... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 22, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Safety plan use and suicide-related coping in a sample of Australian online help-seekers - Rainbow C, Tatnell R, Blashki G, Melvin GA.
BACKGROUND: Suicide safety plans can improve suicide-related coping skills and reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STBs). However, little is known about their use and impact outside of treatment settings, where most suicidal crises will occur. The cur... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Media, Marketing, and Internet Issues Source Type: news
The effect of an educational intervention on nurses' knowledge, beliefs, and actions to be taken, regarding suicide - Kramer M, Miniard S, Hayden M, Hovermale R, Jones A, Davies CC, Monroe M, Ponder J, Miller B.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of an educational intervention on nurses' knowledge defined as understanding, beliefs, and actions to be taken, regarding nurse suicide. BACKGROUND: Between 2007 and 2018, nurses were 18% m... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news
A step forward in conceptualizing psychological closeness/distance to suicide methods: a qualitative approach - Clary KL, Murley WD, Ortiz RS, Rogers ML.
INTRODUCTION: Suicide is a leading cause of death, making suicide prevention a major public health priority. Increasing understanding of factors influencing suicidal behavior is paramount. Previous research has implicated psychological closeness, character... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Assessing past suicidal behaviour in schizophrenia spectrum disorders using the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation: Analysis across the life-span - Al-Chalabi N, Nader G, Gerretsen P, Fischer C, Graff A, Borlido C, Remington G, De Luca V.
This study sought to compare the accuracy of the C-SSRS and the BSS in reporting past suicide attempts in s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Examination of medical student and physician attitudes towards suicide reveals need for required training - Schulz P, Zapata I, Huzij T.
The attitudes of healthcare providers towards suicidal patients are known to influence their motivation to treat patients during a suicidal crisis. Patients who attempted suicide are more likely to have recently visited a primary care provider who is not n... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Intelligent system for depression scale estimation with facial expressions and case study in industrial intelligence - He L, Guo C, Tiwari P, Pandey HM, Dang W.
As a mental disorder, depression has affected people's lives, works, and so on. Researchers have proposed various industrial intelligent systems in the pattern recognition field for audiovisual depression detection. This paper presents an end-to-end traina... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Reflections on the trends of suicide in Sri Lanka, 1997-2022: the need for continued vigilance - Bandara P, Wickrama P, Sivayokan S, Knipe D, Rajapakse T.
Despite reductions in suicide rates in Sri Lanka during the past decades, largely by introduction of national bans on highly hazardous pesticides, the country continues to record a higher than global average rate of suicide. With the changing availability ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Risk factors of reattempt among suicide attempters in South Korea: a nationwide retrospective cohort study - Kim MJ, Yang JH, Koh MJ, Kim Y, Lee B, Ahn YM.
This study aimed to identify underlying demographic and clinical characteristics among individuals who had previously attempted suicide, utilizing the comprehensive Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) database. Data of patients aged 18 an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Comparing rates and age patterns of suicide and 'hidden suicides' in Taiwan and Australia - John Snowdon.
Abstract/Background: Taiwan and Australia are similar in population size. Both publish mortality statistics of high quality. Comparing suicide data between an East Asian country and an Englishspeaking Western nation may help identify factors that affect su... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Dispositional factors in the explanation of symptoms of depression, anxiety, health anxiety and COVID-19 Phobia - Mayor E, Lieb R.
Maladaptive personality, the motivational systems, and intolerance of uncertainty play important roles in the statistical explanation of depression and anxiety. Here, we notably examined for the first time whether symptoms of depression, anxiety, health an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Impact of awareness of symptoms on risk in suicidality in schizophrenia patients - Pan Y.
Schizophrenia is a chronic mental disorder which might become more serious if patients recognize their symptoms that would lead to suicidal attempts. In this work, cognitive functions and comorbidity are discussed while analyzing factors contributing to in... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Non-fatal suicide behaviours across phases in the COVID-19 pandemic: a population-based study in a Catalan cohort - Serrano-Gimeno V, Diestre A, Agustin-Alcain M, Portella MJ, de Diego-Adeli ño J, Tiana T, Cheddi N, Distefano A, Dominguez G, Arias M, Cardoner V, Puigdemont D, Perez V, Cardoner N.
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic has been extensively discussed in the context of its effect on mental health. Although global suicide rates have remained stable during the pandemic, the specific effect on non-fatal suicide behaviours during and after the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Non-fatal suicide behaviours: recommendations for addressing mental health [letter] - Gonz ález-Sanguino C, Ausín Benito B, Muñoz López M.
In The Lancet Psychiatry, Victor Serrano-Gimeno and colleagues report trends in non-fatal suicide behaviours in the population of Catalonia, Spain, before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study shows a significant increase in the prevalence of... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Not reinventing the wheel: nesting suicide prevention and awareness activities within existing health programs - Gnanadhas J, Cherian AV, Kar SK, Menon V.
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Source: SafetyLit - April 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
