A study published in JAMA Network Open looks at semaglutide use and suicidality. Dr Riccardo De Giorgi, Clinical Lecturer in the … read more
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry looks at folic acid prescription fills, suicide attempts and intentional self-harm among privately Insured … read more
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) have released the latest stats on deaths from suicide between April and July 2020 in … read more
A study, published in British Journal of Psychiatry, reviewed studies looking at the association between lithium in drinking water and … read more
Research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, reports a connection between the US minimum wage and suicide … read more
Research, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, reports a link between risk of depression and suicide with air pollution levels. A … read more
Research, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, reports a link between risk of depression and suicide with air pollution levels. This … read more
Research, published in Molecular Psychiatry, reports a connection between certain networks in the brain and risk of suicidal thoughts. Dr … read more
Research, published in JAMA Network Open, reports on the association between some blood pressure medications and risk of suicide. Prof … read more
Research published in The BMJ suggests that gabapentinoids (drugs used for epilepsy, pain and anxiety) are associated with an increased … read more
Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in adolescents and young adults in the UK and there is currently alarm about suicides amongst university students. read more
A paper published in JAMA looked at the association between risk of suicide and having sought medical attention for traumatic brain injury. read more
A new study in Nature Human Behaviour used machine-learning algorithms to identify individuals who engage in suicidal thinking.
A review of published evidence on the effect of antidepressants on suicidal behaviour and violence in healthy people is published in Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine with the authors reporting ‘antidepressants double the occurrence of events in adult healthy volunteers that can lead to suicide and violence.’ read more
The effect of specific types of antidepressants on mortality, suicide and aggressive behaviours is the subject of a paper published in The BMJ in which the authors report an increased risk of suicidality and aggression in children and adolescents taking those dru read more
Whilst the number of direct pregnancy-related deaths has been steadily falling, the same cannot be said for indirect deaths linked to mental health. In fact almost a quarter of women who died due to indirect effects were due to mental health reasons and experts argue that these deaths were often unnecessary. Using data from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (MBRRACE-UK), experts have assessed pregnancy-related deaths from 2009-2013 including reviews of more than 100 women who committed suicide during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth. read more
Whilst the number of direct pregnancy-related deaths has been steadily falling, the same cannot be said for indirect deaths linked to mental health. In fact almost a quarter of women who died due to indirect effects were due to mental health reasons and experts argue that these deaths were often unnecessary. Using data from the Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths (MBRRACE-UK), experts have assessed pregnancy-related deaths from 2009-2013 including reviews of more than 100 women who committed suicide during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth. read more
The health impacts of the government’s work capability assessment is the subject of a paper published in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, with the authors reporting that “the programme of reassessing people on disability benefits using the Work Capability Assessment was independently associated with an increase in suicides, self-reported mental health problems and antidepressant prescribing.” read more
A study published in the The Lancet Psychiatry journal has looked at trends in suicide around the world, and a unemployment rates. The research team analysed data from 2000-2011 and report that overall suicide rates fell, and that suicides associated with unemployment generally were higher than for those associated with the recent economic downturn. read more
Researchers have published in The Lancet Psychiatry reporting a link between cannabis use in adolescents and suicide, further drug use and dependence, as well as reduced educational attainment. read more
