Olivia Kirtley and Alys Cole-King consider the implications of a new BMJ review on suicide risk assessment and intervention in people with mental illness.
[read the full story...]Work Capability Assessments linked with increase in suicides
Ian Cummins considers the findings of a recent longitudinal study that measures the impact that welfare reform and disability assessments have had on mental illness and rates of suicide.
[read the full story...]Suicide prevention at suicide hotspots
David Steele talks us through a systematic review and meta-analysis, which found that commonly used interventions are effective at preventing completed suicides at suicide hotspots.
[read the full story...]Can psychotherapy reduce suicide and self-harm in young people?
Mark Smith presents the findings of a recent systematic review and meta analysis of therapeutic interventions for suicide and self-harm in young people.
[read the full story...]Varenicline is not associated with an increased risk of suicide or criminal behaviour
Abi Rose summarises a recent cohort study, which concludes that the smoking cessation drug varenicline is not associated with increased risk of suicidal or criminal behaviour, and association with psychiatric disorders are likely due to other factors.
[read the full story...]Social media and suicide prevention
Claire Niedzwiedz summarises a recent systematic review that provides a narrative synthesis of research into social media and suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Premature mortality in bipolar disorder
Elena Marcus appraises a recent systematic review and meta-analysis of premature mortality in bipolar affective disorder, which finds that people with bipolar disorder have increased mortality rates compared with the general population.
[read the full story...]Suicide following self-harm
Emily Stapley summarises a recent multicentre linkage study, which presents the risk of suicide for people who have a history of self-harm.
[read the full story...]Excessively high suicide rates among psychiatric inpatients
Claire Niedzwiedz summarises a recent meta-analysis of suicide rates among psychiatric inpatients, which finds excessively high rates of suicide when compared with the general population.
[read the full story...]Psychosocial therapy effective in reducing self-harm, suicide and all-cause death
Elly O’Brien summarises a large Danish cohort study, which investigates the short-term and long-term effects of psychosocial therapy for people after deliberate self-harm.
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