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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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Suicide Risk Evaluation and Advanced AI Models
Original Research

October 2, 2024

This study explored how ChatGPT-3.5 and ChatGPT-4 assess suicide risk factors like previous attempts, gender, and age, focusing on their predictions about different types of suicidal behavior.
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Underdiagnosis, Undertreatment, and Noncompliance With Treatment in People Who Died by Suicide
Original Research

July 10, 2024

Depression was diagnosed prior to death in 18.6% of people with a major depressive episode who died by suicide. Antidepressants were prescribed in 21.5% of these individuals, but only...

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Suicide Attempts
Original Research

September 20, 2023

The common risk factors for suicide attempts may not directly apply to patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) due to their group-specific characteristics. This study aimed to identify risk...
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Mortality Within 1 Year After Suicide Attempt
Original Research

September 11, 2023

One in 100 people who attempted suicide died by suicide within 1 year; men aged 45 years or older were at greater risk than other demographic groups.
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Risk-Sensitive Decision-Making and Self-Harm
Original Research

September 6, 2023

Greater risk-taking has been associated with suicide attempts in youth with major depression. This study examined whether the association between self-harm and risk-sensitive decision-making is true for bipolar disorder...
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Pandemics and Suicide Rates in Spain: From the Spanish Flu to COVID-19
Original Research

April 17, 2023

Deaths by suicide peaked in Spain during both the Spanish flu and COVID-19 pandemics; however, the stressors that led to these increases differed based on historical context.
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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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Effects of Low-Dose Ketamine Infusion on Hopelessness and Suicidal Thoughts
Original Research

July 8, 2024

A single infusion of low-dose ketamine resulted in a brief (~4 hour) yet significant reduction in hopelessness.
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Sleep Duration as a Predictor of Suicidal Desire and Intent: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
Original Research

June 3, 2024

Both fewer hours of typical sleep and decreases in sleep in an individual night compared to one’s norm may be acute indicators of increased suicide risk.
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Risk for Suicide and Homicide Peaks at Night
Original Research

May 29, 2024

Risk for suicide and homicide is greater at night than expected based on the number of people awake at that time. Nighttime risk was greater among young adults and...
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Psychological Pain as a Risk Factor for Suicidal Ideation
Original Research

April 8, 2024

In inpatients with depression, psychological pain is a risk factor for suicidal ideation. Those with borderline personality disorder may experience more prominent and temporally unstable psychological pain, likely underlying...
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MSK1 Methylation, Executive Function, and Suicidal Ideation in Adolescents With MDD
Original Research

February 21, 2024

Among 66 adolescents with MDD, those with suicidal ideation had worse executive function and higher MSK1 methylation than those without suicidal ideation.
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Social Media Images Can Predict Suicide Risk
Original Research

November 29, 2023

Recent studies predicting signs of suicide risk from social media using artificial intelligence have been limited by methodological and conceptual factors. This study presents an interpretable prediction model of...
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