Articles Tagged With: Suicide
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Is the Suicidality Class Warning Warranted for Antiseizure Medications?
This study reports data that refutes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s class warning regarding suicidality risk in patients with epilepsy who are taking the newer antiepileptics, approved since 2008. The class warning should be reconsidered.
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U.S. Advocacy Groups Declare National Emergency on Children’s Mental Health
Health professionals call on policymakers to address regulatory, financial, and technological challenges.
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CDC Report Highlights Ongoing Youth Mental Health Struggles
Agency notes rising number of related emergency department visits for suspected suicide attempts between early 2019 and early 2021. -
Stroke and Risk of Suicide
Stroke should be considered a risk factor for suicide. Tactics to screen and treat depression and suicidal ideation should be an important component of long-term follow-up and care for stroke patients. -
Developers Unveil Universal Screening Tool for Suicide Risk
Suicide remains the second-leading cause of death among adolescents, but many at risk remain unidentified. One solution is universal screening in the ED, a place nearly 20% of all U.S. adolescents visit annually. Investigators developed the Computerized Adaptive Screen for Suicidal Youth tool, which enables teens to undergo the screening on a tablet computer, with results immediately available.
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Military Service Can Be a Social Determinant of Health
It may help case managers identify obstacles and problems for patients who are serving or have served in the military if they view this service as a social determinant of health, a researcher suggests. Veterans struggle with many of the same social determinants of health as non-veterans, including housing instability, gambling, substance use, depression, food insecurity, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Emergency Physicians Are Suffering as COVID-19 Resurges
A new survey by the American College of Emergency Physicians, conducted in October, revealed that 87% of emergency physicians say they are more stressed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, 72% report experiencing more professional burnout.
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Congress Considers Legislation Addressing Healthcare Provider Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed historic burdens on already-taxed frontline clinicians.
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Watch for PTSD in Healthcare Workers Following Their COVID-19 Experience
Physicians, nurses, and other healthcare workers who treated patients during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may experience post-traumatic stress disorder or similar aftereffects that could threaten patient safety and quality of care if not adequately addressed, according to experts who study the lasting effects of trauma.
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The Fine Line Between Tragedy and Comedy
Lynette Charity, MD, a board-certified physician and anesthesiologist, was on the ledge of a bridge ready to jump to her death. She measured the distance and the rate of fall in her mind, hoping she would hit a rock rather than drown. That was 22 years ago. Today, she is a public speaker and stand-up comic, using humor to address burnout and suicide among healthcare workers.