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Suicide Attempts and Health-Related Quality of Life
Original Research

February 27, 2023

People with recent suicide attempts have much lower mental health–related QOL than those with no attempt or an attempt in the distant past. Psychiatric and substance use comorbidities explain...
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Imminent Risk of Suicide Death in Psychiatric Patients
Original Research

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Efforts to identify short-term suicide risk have been hampered by methodological challenges. This large study prospectively investigated the predictive value of diagnosis, suicidal behavior, and depressed mood for imminent...
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Social Support and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Original Research

December 5, 2022

Greater diversity of social networks was more strongly associated with lower risks of suicidal thoughts and behaviors than perceived strength of social support.
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Bad Dreams and Nightmares Preceding Suicidal Behaviors
Original Research

November 23, 2022

Suicidal behavior may be preceded by a sequence of altered dreams that goes from bad dreams to nightmares and finally to suicidal scenarios in dreams a few weeks before...
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Tools to Detect Suicide Risk
Meta-Analysis

November 16, 2022

More than 20 instruments have been developed to assist in detecting suicide risk in adults. This systematic review used likelihood ratio analysis to determine the diagnostic accuracy of instruments...
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Overlapping Patterns of Suicide Attempts and Non-suicidal Self-Injuries in Adults
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Among adults with self-injury behaviors, switching between episodes with and without suicidal intent is common and is associated with greater risk of suicidal behavior in the future.
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Frontothalamic Circuit Abnormalities in Patients With Bipolar Disorder and Suicide Attempts
Original Research

October 5, 2022

To identify potential markers for suicide risk, this fMRI study looked at neural activity in bipolar depression patients with and without suicide attempts and in healthy controls.
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Intravenous Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Original Research

September 12, 2022

The clinical effectiveness of ketamine for suicidal ideation and treatment-resistant depression outside of controlled clinical trials is unclear. This article reports clinical outcomes of a large cohort treated with...
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Machine Learning Prediction of Suicide Risk
Original Research

August 31, 2022

Suicide assessment prompted by prediction models may be intrusive to patients with no history of suicidality. This study examined if machine learning models identify patients with high suicide risk...
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Depression Severity, Psychotic Depression, and Suicide Risk
Original Research

July 27, 2022

Depression is the strongest diagnostic predictor of suicide. This study investigated the role of depression severity in suicide risk by studying the predictive value of psychotic symptoms and depression...
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Predictors of Suicidality After Psychiatric Hospitalization
Original Research

June 13, 2022

This study examined the incidence and predictors of suicide attempts and deaths in the year after psychiatric hospitalization; covariates included sex, geographic location, and physical health conditions.
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Epilepsy and Suicide Attempt
Original Research

May 2, 2022

From a sample of 1,229 adults who attempted suicide, this study found an elevated frequency of epilepsy and identified clinical factors that might play a role.
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