1 in 20 ER Visits Involve Homeless People
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 -- At major medical centers across the southeast, 1 in every 20 visits to emergency departments involve people who are homeless or face " housing insecurity, " a new U.S. study finds.
Concerns of suicide was the leading... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 30, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
'Me-Search' and Short-Sightedness Have No Place in Suicide Research
(MedPage Today) -- Suicide research is a critical field that aims to understand and prevent one of the most tragic outcomes of mental health, and indeed life's struggles. Suicide is a complicated, multidimensional phenomena that has been studied... (Source: MedPage Today Primary Care)
Source: MedPage Today Primary Care - April 29, 2024 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Urgent alert for men taking Donald Trump's hair loss drug as health chiefs warn finasteride can trigger depression, insomnia, low libido and erectile dysfunction
Safety concerns mean Brits must now immediately stop taking the daily pill finasteride if they develop depression or suicidal thoughts. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surgical approach in the management of self-inflicted penetrating abdominal trauma with knife-in-situ (Hunting Knife) in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center: a tertiary institution in Cebu City, Philippines - Choudry M, Bullo SO, Tabuena CY, Tagaytay TGM.
This was a case of an adult patient in their late 50s, who came in ~4 hours post-injury with a self-inflicted stab wound at the epigastric region, with a hunting knife-in situ (figure 1). He was referred to Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, a tertiary... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
Why did peri-pandemic suicide death rates decrease among non-Hispanic white people while increasing among most people of color? - Robison M, Robertson L, Joiner TE.
INTRODUCTION: While suicides in the United States decreased during the COVID-19 pandemic, statistically significant decreases have been limited to White people throughout a large portion of 2020. METHODS: This paper outlines possible explanations f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
The trends of demographics, methods, and causes of suicide attempts in a nationwide population-based study over seventeen years in Taiwan - Wu CY, Lee MB, Chan CT, Chen CY.
BACKGROUND: The National Suicide Surveillance System (NSSS), launched in Taiwan in 2006, is a structured nationwide intervention program for people who survived their suicide attempts. The study examined the accumulated data of the NSSS from 2006 to 2022 t... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
The prevalence of psychiatric and physical diagnosis before suicidal death for the middle-aged adults 25 to 64: a national population-based study in Taiwan from 2011 to 2015 - Chang SW, Lee MB, Wu CY, Chan CT, Chen CY.
BACKGROUND: The middle-aged population constitutes the majority of suicide deaths in terms of numbers. The study aimed to clarify the patterns of medical service utilization and diagnoses preceding incidents of suicide in middle-aged adults in Taiwan. ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Recent research points to a clear conclusion: autistic people are thinking about, and dying by, suicide at high rates - Conner CM, Ionadi A, Mazefsky CA.
Rates of death by suicide among teens and adults have increased more than 30% since 2000 in the United States, and an estimated 800,000 people die from suicide worldwide each year.1,2 Even more people experience suicidal thoughts and/or make suicide att... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Reasons for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan - Mizuno Y, Sugawara D, Ujihara M, Mogi M, Gen T, Tachikawa H, Cho Y.
BACKGROUND: In Japan, the number of suicides increased rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. An investigation into the reasons for suicide was reported based on the official data based on information collected by the police. However, no studies have examin... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Indonesian stakeholders' perspectives on warning signs and beliefs about suicide - Setiyawati D, Puspakesuma N, Jatmika WN, Colucci E.
The suicide rate in Indonesia is considered low among Asian countries, but the underreporting rate is at a staggering 303%, and the latest reports suggest an increase in suicidal behaviour, particularly among young people. As a multicultural country, Indon... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Changing trends of suicidal ideation, and impact of social trust and social communication during transition from quarantine to non-quarantine in the COVID-19 epidemic in China - Peng S, Yang T, Cottrell RR.
BACKGROUND: In order to curb the rapid spread of COVID-19, many countries have implemented lockdown or quarantine requirements, but little is known about how this impacts suicide ideation. The purpose of this study is to examine changing trends of suicidal... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Case fatality of repeated suicidal acts among suicide attempters in rural China: a retrospective cohort study - Tong Y, Yin Y, Lan Z, Conner KR.
BACKGROUND: Individuals presenting to hospital due to suicide attempt are at high risk for repeated suicidal act, yet there are meager data on the extent to which repeated suicidal acts result in death. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study was ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Unveiling multifaceted research insights from nearly two decades of suicide prevention efforts in Taiwan - Wu CY.
Suicide prevention efforts in Taiwan have evolved over nearly two decades, with government support dating back to 2005. The implementation of the Suicide Prevention Act in 2019 marked a significant milestone. However, the emergence of COVID-19 in 2020 brou... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
The psychometric properties of the Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation Scale among Portuguese young adults - Br ás M, Antunes J, Carmo C.
Preventing suicide has been a worldwide imperative for the last decade. Accurately assessing suicide risk is the first step towards prevention, and access to reliable tools that measure risk factors is essential to achieve this goal. The Positive And Negat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Temporal fluctuations of suicide mortality in Japan from 2009 to 2023 using government databases - Matsumoto R, Motomura E, Okada M.
In Japan, suicide mortalities consistently decreased before the COVID-19 pandemic (from 2009 to 2019) but, conversely, increased after the pandemic outbreak from 2020 to 2022. To provide up-to-date suicide statistics in Japan, this study determined the tem... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
