Focus on Suicide

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Early Ketamine Response Reduces Suicidal Events at 3 Months
Original Research

July 23, 2025

Patients whose suicidal ideation responded to ketamine treatment at 7 days after a suicidal crisis had 75% lower odds of experiencing suicidal events at 3 months.
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Actigraphy-Measured Sleep/Wake Characteristics Associated With Suicidal Ideation in Older Adults With Depression and High Suicide Risk
Original Research

July 14, 2025

Measures of sleep/wake rhythm disruption were independently associated with higher level of suicidal ideation in this sample of older adults at high risk for suicide.
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Global Population-Based Study on the Association Between Ketamine and Esketamine with Suicidality Using WHO VigiBase
Original Research

July 7, 2025

The results do not provide causal evidence of worsening suicidality in persons receiving esketamine/ketamine; mixed results of increased and decreased risk of suicidality were reported with both agents.
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Using GenAI to Train Mental Health Professionals in Suicide Risk Assessment
Original Research

June 30, 2025

This preliminary study suggests that AI-Based Simulators show promise for improving mental health professionals’ self-efficacy in suicide risk assessment.
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Increased Risk of Suicide Attempt in Patients With Atopic Dermatitis
Original Research

May 5, 2025

People with atopic dermatitis had an elevated risk of suicide attempts, with an adjusted hazard ratio of 3.44.
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Parental Severe Mental Disorders and Deaths in Offspring With MDD
Original Research

March 31, 2025

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Suicide and Benzodiazepine Use in Veterans With Bipolar Disorder
Original Research

March 12, 2025

Among VHA patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder, receipt of a benzodiazepine prescription of ≥ 30 days was associated with increased suicide risk, even after controlling for clinical and demographic...
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Suicidal Behaviors and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Original Research

February 3, 2025

Based on findings from the STOP-Bang questionnaire, suicidal behaviors may be more common in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) than in those without OSA.
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Inpatient Treatment of Suicidality
Systematic Review

January 8, 2025

Effective, rapid treatments that target suicidality in psychiatric inpatients are scarce in the existing literature and in clinical practice, underscoring the need for studies to identify and validate these...
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PTSD and Risk of Suicide Reattempt
Original Research

November 25, 2024

After controlling for comorbid psychiatric conditions and other variables, PTSD was associated with suicide reattempt at 6 months (OR= 2.33) and with rehospitalization in psychiatric settings (OR=2.24) and nonpsychiatric...
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Mixed Features and Suicide Risk in Individuals With Major Depressive Episode
Original Research

November 6, 2024

In a large sample of the French population, mixed features were linked to a higher risk of suicide attempts in patients with a major depressive episode.
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Suicide Crisis Syndrome Assessment and ED Readmission
Original Research

October 23, 2024

Diagnosis of suicide crisis syndrome reduced readmission risk by approximately 72% for any reason and almost 75% for suicidal presentations.
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