Focus on Suicide
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Original Research
Using Natural Language Processing to Evaluate Differences in Psychotherapeutic Services for PTSD in a Suicide-Risk-Stratified Veteran Sample
April 8, 2026
Psychotherapeutic care for PTSD differed for patients who did and did not die by suicide, suggesting the importance of developing risk-tier-specific care.
Original Research
Comparing Risk Prediction for Suicide Attempts and Deaths After Emergency Department Visits
March 4, 2026
Distinct factors predict nonfatal and fatal suicidal events. Male sex and depression are the strongest predictors for fatal events; being under 65 years of age and suicidal ideation are...
Commentary
Precision Medicine for Suicide Prevention: It’s Time to Take the Next Step
December 22, 2025
The authors recommend moving toward a precision medicine approach to suicide prevention that considers the person, their circumstances and biology, treatment delivery context, and conditions that contribute to the...
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Original Research
Actigraphy-Measured Sleep/Wake Characteristics Associated With Suicidal Ideation in Older Adults With Depression and High Suicide Risk
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.
Original Research
Global Population-Based Study on the Association Between Ketamine and Esketamine with Suicidality Using WHO VigiBase
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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Clinical and Practical Psychopharmacology
Gestational Exposure to Sterol Biosynthesis Disrupting Drugs and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder
June 15, 2026
Dr Andrade discusses a recent study of sterol biosynthesis disrupting drugs and argues that inadequate research methods disallow clinical application of the results.
Featured Focus on Suicide Research
Original Research
Suicide and Benzodiazepine Use in Veterans With Bipolar Disorder
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...
Original Research
Triple Network Model–Based Functional Dysconnectivity in Young People With Major Affective Disorders With or Without Suicidal Ideation
November 19, 2025
In young people with major affective disorders, suicidality is associated with extensive functional dysconnectivity in the triple networks (default mode network, salience network, and frontoparietal network).
Original Research
Neurocognition and Impulsivity in Veterans with Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Suicide Attempters Versus Nonattempters
October 29, 2025
Poorer working memory is associated with suicide attempt independent of depression, while verbal learning impairments associated with suicide attempt may be influenced by depression.
Original Research
Five-Year Outcomes of First Suicide Attempts: Lethality, Recurrence, and Mortality
September 1, 2025
Recurrence of suicide attempt occurred in 37.2% of patients, with 27.8% having ≥3 attempts. Alcohol use predicted high-lethality first attempts, and female sex predicted multiple reattempts.
