Child Suicide and Antidepressants: A Comparison
Is any particular antidepressant more likely to lead to a suicide attempt? (Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast)
Source: Medscape Public Health & Prevention Podcast - April 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Pediatrics 2014-03-10, Author Interview
Interview with Mitch van Geel, PhD, author of Relationship Between Peer Victimization, Cyberbullying, and Suicide in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-analysis (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - March 10, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Relationship Between Peer Victimization, Cyberbullying, and Suicide in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-analysis
Interview with Mitch van Geel, PhD, author of Relationship Between Peer Victimization, Cyberbullying, and Suicide in Children and Adolescents: A Meta-analysis (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - March 10, 2014 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Suicide, sport, and CME
What is the association between IQ and attempted suicide? David Batty talks to us about his research in Sweden.
Also this week, Steven Kawczak, associate director of the Cleveland Clinic ’s Center for Continuing Education, outlines the clinic’s new CME partnership with the BMJ and BMJ Learning.
And finally, Richard Budgett, chief medical officer of... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Suicide, sport, and CME
What is the association between IQ and attempted suicide? David Batty talks to us about his research in Sweden.
Also this week, Steven Kawczak, associate director of the Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Continuing Education, outlines the clinic’s new CME partnership with the BMJ and BMJ Learning.
And finally, Richard Budgett, chief medical officer of the London 2012 Olympics, speaks about how scientists are hoping to beat the cheats. He also discusses a recent BMJ research paper about the limited health and economic benefits that big sporting events have on their host nations. The recent Legacy of the games podcast includ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
The white paper
The new coalition government’s white paper on health – encompassing the future of the NHS - was published this week. Chris Ham, chief executive of the health policy think-tank the King’s Fund and professor of health policy and management at the University of Birmingham, and Edward Davies, editor of BMJ Careers, discuss their immediate impressions with Ashley McKimm.
Also this week a paper on www.bmj.com looks at suicide, and how the method of an attempted suicide relates to a later successful attempt. Professor Bo Runeson from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden joins us on the phone to discuss his research. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
The bridge
This week the print BMJ has a cluster of articles on suicide – one of which talks about the efficacy of physical barriers to prevent suicide from bridges. In the podcast, we’ll hear from Kevin Hines the survivor of such an attempt, and Alys Cole-King, a psychiatrist who wants to break down the stigma of suicide.
We’ll also hear from Gordon Smith,... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
The bridge
This week the print BMJ has a cluster of articles on suicide – one of which talks about the efficacy of physical barriers to prevent suicide from bridges. In the podcast, we’ll hear from Kevin Hines the survivor of such an attempt, and Alys Cole-King, a psychiatrist who wants to break down the stigma of suicide.
We’ll also hear from Gordon Smith, one of the authors of a study looking at a link between the time when a mother gives birth – whether it’s in the normal working week, or out of hours - and the risk of neonatal death.
Finally Richard Hurley tells us about AIDS 2010, the 25 000 delegate conference in Vien...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 29, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Rational suicide
A person ’s right to refuse treatment is based on their capacity to make a rational decision – but what is the situation when someone is admitted after a suicide attempt? Can you be simultaneously rational and suicidal? Anthony David from the Institute of Psychiatry gives us his views.
A second interview deals with Barrett’s oesophagus, which is on... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Rational suicide
A person’s right to refuse treatment is based on their capacity to make a rational decision – but what is the situation when someone is admitted after a suicide attempt? Can you be simultaneously rational and suicidal? Anthony David from the Institute of Psychiatry gives us his views.
A second interview deals with Barrett’s oesophagus, which is on the increase. The same is true for adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus, which can arise from the condition. We talked to Rebecca Fitzgerald from the Hutchison/MRC Research Centre how developments in treatment, and a new method of sampling, could make a national screening test ...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 28, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Climate, health, and security
Hugh Montgomery, director of the University College London Institute for Human Health& Performance, talks about the space where climate, health, and international security meet. Christabel Owens, head of mental health research at the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, explains why warning signs for suicidal thoughts may not be visible to those best... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Climate, health, and security
Hugh Montgomery, director of the University College London Institute for Human Health & Performance, talks about the space where climate, health, and international security meet. Christabel Owens, head of mental health research at the Devon Partnership NHS Trust, explains why warning signs for suicidal thoughts may not be visible to those best placed to spot them. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Bad for wealth, bad for health?
In 2008 the rates of suicide in the UK began to increase. Is it a coincidence that this was also when the financial crisis hit? Ben Barr, research fellow in the department of Public Health and Policy at the University of Liverpool, explains what his study found.
Those who've attempted to kill themselves once are at high risk of doing so again, but... (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Bad for wealth, bad for health?
In 2008 the rates of suicide in the UK began to increase. Is it a coincidence that this was also when the financial crisis hit? Ben Barr, research fellow in the department of Public Health and Policy at the University of Liverpool, explains what his study found.
Those who've attempted to kill themselves once are at high risk of doing so again, but interventions to prevent this have been hard to find. Merete Nordentoft, professor at the Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, University of Copenhagen, talks us through the results of her study examining a promising candidate. (Source: The BMJ Podcast)
Source: The BMJ Podcast - August 27, 2013 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Is Lithium Antisuicidal?
A large meta-analysis explores the use of lithium to prevent suicide in patients with mood disorders. (Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast)
Source: Medscape Pharmacists Podcast - August 26, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
