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Suicide Risk

Friday's Progress Notes - May 2, 2007
Mental Health Information - Vol. 11 Issue 4
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Guideline for treating patients with suicidal behaviors
2. Assessing risk factors in individual patients
3. Suicide risk in HIV-infected patients
4. Suicide among women
5. Screening teens for mental illness and suicide risk
6. Preventing late-life suicide
7. Handbook for survivors of suicide
8. Tips for treating suicide survivors


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Dear Colleagues,

According to the CDC, suicide is the third leading causes of death among young adults aged 15-22. With regard to older adults, suicide risk increases with age, and suicide rates are very high among those 65 years and older. Today's newsletter offers resources related to this serious public health problem.

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John L. Miller, MD


1. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Practice Guideline for the Assessment and Treatment of Patients with Suicidal Behaviors
The guidelines are intended to provide a helpful guide, but are not meant to serve as a standard of care.
http://www.psychiatryonline.com

2. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Approaching the Suicidal Patient
This article reviews known risk factors and offers a strategy for assessing these factors in individual patients.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20031101/1814.html

3. NEW YORK STATE DEPARMENT OF HEALTH AIDS INSTITUTE
Suicidality and Violence in Patients With HIV/AIDS
HIV-infected patients may be at higher risk for suicidal behavior, particularly after a diagnosis of HIV disease or during progression to AIDS, as patients' health and quality of life decline.
http://hivguidelines.org/GuideLine.aspx?pageID=261&guideLineID=84

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4. AMERICAN MEDICAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Suicide Among Women: A Critical Review
Little attention has been given to the risk factors for suicide among women.


5. THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Uncovering an Epidemic - Screening for Mental Illness in Teens
TeenScreen is a school-based mental health screening program that has been used in 42 states.

6. CURRENT PSYCHIATRY ONLINE
Preventing Late-life Suicide: 6 Steps To Detect the Warning Signs
This article describes an age-based psychiatric workup of the suicidal older patient. (Complimentary registration required.)
http://www.currentpsychiatry.com/article_pages.asp?AID=668&UID=109438

7. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SUICIDOLOGY
The SOS Handbook for Survivors of Suicide
The handbook contains essential information covering nearly every aspect of the survivor ordeal.
http://www.suicidology.org/web/guest/suicide-loss-survivors

8. MEDSCAPE
Suicide Survivors: Tips for Health Professionals
If you are a health professional treating a survivor, consider the route to care.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/460958


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