Thinking Outside the Black Box: The Relative Risk
of Suicidality in Antidepressant Use Elizabeth A. Goldstein and John Ruscio Can Quality Improvement Processes Help Psychological Assessment Meet the Demands of Evidence - Based Practice?
In contrast to some previous studies (e.g., Liu 2004; Winsler et al. 2015; Wong and Brower 2012), the authors did not find sleep duration in adolescence to increase risk for
suicidality in young adulthood, and there is clearly a need for more longitudinal work in this area.
Finally, the researchers used blood samples and medical records from a different group of patients with the same psychiatric diagnoses to confirm that the biomarkers and apps predicted suicidal ideation, and also examined their ability to predict future hospitalizations
for suicidality in the first year following testing.
Their analysis revealed that patients
with suicidality had significantly increased interleukin (IL)-1 β and IL - 6 levels in blood and postmortem brain.
The Effects of a Dutch School - Based Social and Emotional Learning Programme (SEL)
on Suicidality in Adolescents.
Developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan and her colleagues at the University of Washington and other major institutions throughout the country, DBT has considerable research supporting its effectiveness with
chronic suicidality, self - harm and other behaviors related to intense and painful emotion.
«Multiracial adolescents, the fastest growing U.S. adolescent group, and Pacific Islander youth also experienced disparities for using street drugs like heroin and marijuana, as well
as suicidality compared to non-Hispanic white adolescents.»
[PRESS RELEASE 01/09/2015] A new study published in journal The Lancet outlines a programme for preventing
suicidality among young people.
The 2010 trial conducted among suicidal adolescents (Diamond et al., 2010) found that ABFT participants improved on several measures of
suicidality compared with the control group:
When the researchers looked at whether alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use
predicted suicidality, they found that for all racial groups, except Pacific Islanders, using alcohol in the past month was linked to 1.5 - 2.1 times greater odds for having attempted suicide in the past year.
Participate in staff meetings, case conferences and provided training for correctional staff on
assessing suicidality, using positive dignified language and staff burnouts.
Emergency procedures were developed with each site, and clinicians were available to address any emergencies or issues of serious concern (eg, report of
current suicidality, danger to self or others).
There is evidence that mindfulness techniques incorporated into dialectic behavior therapy are helpful in
decreasing suicidality and depressed mood in depressed adolescents (Miller et al. 2007).
Kristina has almost a decade of training in helping people with various difficulties including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, psychotic disorders, and
acute suicidality.
To elucidate motivations
behind suicidality, a psychiatrist asked why participants responded «yes» to this question, and what reasons they had to live.
Question nine of the PHQ - 9
explores suicidality and asks patients if they have been bothered in the past two weeks by thoughts that they would be better off dead or hurting themselves.
These include a 2004 FDA «black box» warning
regarding suicidality risk, 2005 public health advisory regarding potential for cardiovascular risks involving amphetamines, and a 2006 FDA Advisory Committee recommendation (later reversed) for a black box warning on psychostimulants linking these drugs to possible heart problems.
Care - seeking for
suicidality increased in both populations, but the increase was significantly greater in the CAF.
However, our study also suggests that previously admitted patients, particularly those with
prior suicidality, remain at a markedly elevated risk of suicide for years and should be a focus of efforts to decrease suicide in the community,» the article concludes.
Children who had been psychologically abused suffered from anxiety, depression, low self - esteem, symptoms of post-traumatic stress and
suicidality at the same rate and, in some cases, at a greater rate than children who were physically or sexually abused.
And there is considerable work still to be done in spreading evidence - based programs: Only 3 percent of children with problems ranging from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to disruptive behavior to
suicidality receive evidence - based services, he said, partly because scientifically valid programs often have a high price tag.
«Only when we provide them with a climate that does that will we begin to
see suicidality drop off in this vulnerable population.»
In the study, Dr. Peter Talbot and colleagues found that the increase in the inflammatory marker was present specifically in patients with MDD who were experiencing suicidal thoughts, pinning the role of inflammation to
suicidality rather than a diagnosis of MDD itself.
«Traditional antidepressants typically take four to six weeks before there is an improvement in depression, and they have not been shown to decrease the incidence of suicide, so the quick response combined with the improvement in
suicidality sets ketamine apart from traditional medications alone,» he said.
Disabled by delusions, self - injury, and
impulsive suicidality for 5 days of every month during the onset of her menstrual cycle.
Due to current questions regarding the impact of treatment on
youth suicidality, we conducted exploratory analyses examining intervention effects on youth - reported suicidal ideation and suicide attempts or deliberate self - harm.
Four studies on how past and current
suicidality relate even when «Everything but the kitchen sink» is covaried
Association between childhood adversities and long -
term suicidality among South Africans from the results of the South African Stress and Health study: a cross-sectional study.
This interest has extended in recent times to
understanding suicidality and she is in her second year of the Master of Suicidology at Griffith University.