The physical and psychiatric diagnoses before suicidal death in the elderly: a national population-based study in Taiwan from 2006 to 2015 - Chang SW, Lee MB, Wu CY, Chan CT, Chen CY.
BACKGROUND: Suicide in older adults is an important public issue globally, but large-scale studies of the physical and mental diagnoses before suicidal death are lacking. The study aimed to reveal the medical diagnoses before suicidal death and estimate th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news

Youth suicide prevention programming among the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians: effects of the lifelines student curriculum - Bartkowski JP, Klee K, Xu X.
Suicide continues to be a leading cause of mortality for young people. Given persistent intersecting forms of disadvantage, Native American adolescents are especially vulnerable to mental health adversities and other suicide risk factors. The Mississippi B... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

The positive and negative suicidal ideation inventory among Portuguese adolescents: factor structure and gender invariance - Br ás M, Cunha A, Antunes J, Carmo C.
Suicide worldwide is an issue that needs to be addressed, and adolescents are an at-risk group. Assessing suicidal ideation is central to tackling the issue of suicide. The Positive and Negative Suicidal Ideation inventory is a widely validated measure of ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Teen perspectives on suicides and deaths in an affluent community: perfectionism, protection, and exclusion - Peterson A, Smith-Morris C.
Clusters of youth suicide and death are tragic for communities and present long-term consequences for the surviving youths. Despite an awareness of community-based patterns in youth suicide, our understanding of the social and community factors behind thes... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Stressful life events, sleep quality and non-suicidal self-injury in Chinese adolescents: the moderating effect of sensation seeking - Ye Y, Wang H, Liao X, Yu C, Zhang W.
Despite the growing evidence that stressful life events are associated with adolescent non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), few studies have investigated the mediating and moderating mechanisms underlying this link. The current study examined whether sleep qua... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Sleep quality and suicidal ideation in adolescent depression: a chain mediation effect of perceived social support and resilience - Wu Y, Guo Z, Zhang D, Wang Y, Wang S.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of suicide is high among major depressive adolescents. Poor sleep quality has been documented as a significant risk factor for suicide, influencing perceived social support. Enhanced social support acts as a buffer against suicid... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Network analysis of the relationship between non-suicidal self-injury, depression, and childhood trauma in adolescents - Lei H, Yang Y, Zhu T, Zhang X, Dang J.
BACKGROUND: Non-suicidal self-injury seriously harm the physical and mental health of adolescents. The aim of the current study was to explore the relationship between non-suicide self-injury, depression, and childhood trauma from the perspective of sympto... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Longitudinal trajectories of suicidal ideation among child welfare-involved 7- to 12-year-old children - Ayer L, Hassler G, Ohana E, Sheftall AH, Anderson NW, Griffin BA.
BACKGROUND: Young children involved in the child welfare system (CWS) are at high risk for suicidal ideation (SI) at a time when overall rates of suicide death in this age group are rising. Yet risk factors for and changes in SI over time are poorly unders... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Lives cut short: suicide among adolescent females - Stacy M, Schulkin J.
Suicide is a worldwide public health issue, and suicide ideation and behavior among adolescents, females in particular, have been increasing. Focusing on the risk factors that are unique to adolescents and adolescent females can help tailor and inform prev... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Depression treatment in pregnancy: is it safe, or is it not? - Gallitelli V, Franco R, Guidi S, Puri L, Parasiliti M, Vidiri A, Eleftheriou G, Perelli F, Cavaliere AF.
Prenatal depression carries substantial risks for maternal and fetal health and increases susceptibility to postpartum depression. Untreated depression in pregnancy is correlated with adverse outcomes such as an increased risk of suicidal ideation, miscarr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Cyberbullying and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescence: exploring moderators and mediators through a systematic review - Predescu E, Calugar I, Sipos R.
(1) Objective: This systematic review explores the intricate relationship between cyberbullying and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents, acknowledging the dynamic nature of these phenomena in the evolving landscape of technology and social norms... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

New Book Shares Author's Journey to Healing After Brother's Death by Suicide
Book offers the hand of comfort to those left behind in the shadows of loss PHOENIX, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Author C.A. Blake was 24 years old when her brother, Steve, committed suicide. She struggled with the feeling she wouldn't survive the pain of it. Growing up in a time... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Study looks at teens who deny suicidal thoughts, but later die by suicide
The researchers found that 30 percent of the screened teens who later self-harmed or died by suicide had reported no thoughts of suicide or self-harm on a questionnaire. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - April 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Erin Blakemore Source Type: news

Inside suicide behavior: cross-country insights from diverse perspectives - Wu CY.
In recent years, the global concern surrounding suicide has prompted researchers and professionals to delve into various aspects of this complex issue. This editorial aims to integrate insights from a range of articles exploring suicide prevention, post-tr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news

A Jungian interpretation of the elevated suicide risk of suicide survivors - Tu HC.
Suicide as a mode of sudden death elevates the suicidal ideation and behaviours among suicide survivors. Viewed from the depth psychology, particularly the theories of complex and archetype of the Analytical Psychology, the author proposes that the suicide... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news