Tag: suicide

New biomarker is higher in suicide attempters and associated with stress response

From the Lund University media release: Researchers at Lund and Malmö universities in Sweden have measured a biomarker in cell-free blood plasma which can be linked to an overactive stress… Read more »

Victimized adolescents more at risk of thinking about suicide or attempting suicide at 15

From the Elsevier media release: A study to be published in the February 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that… Read more »

Study supports do not sell voluntary waiting period for gun sales to reduce suicide

From the University of Alabama at Birmingham media release: A new study suggests many patients at risk for suicide would voluntarily place their name on a Do Not Sell list, prohibiting… Read more »

Assisted dying for psychiatric disorders: Serious public health impact

From the Canadian Medical Association Journal media release: Offering medical assistance in dying to people in Canada on the basis of psychiatric illnesses could put vulnerable people at risk, argues a… Read more »

Drug-overdose deaths hold steady in some high drug trafficking areas

From the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences media release: Areas in the U.S. with the highest drug-overdose death rates are not always places with high drug trafficking, according… Read more »

New mothers with postpartum psychiatric disorders face increased risk of suicide, study shows

From the Aarhus University media release: Over a period spanning four decades, a total of eight Danish women committed suicide within a year of being diagnosed with a birth-related psychiatric disorder,… Read more »

Is suicide a tragic variant of an evolutionarily adaptive set of behaviors?

From the American Psychological Association media release: What do snapping shrimp, naked mole rats, ants, honeybees, and humans all have in common? They all share a similar colony-like organizational system that… Read more »