Suicide Assessment and Intervention
Friday's Progress Notes - February 21, 2003
Mental Health Information - Vol. 7 Issue 3
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CONTENTS
1. National strategy for suicide prevention
2. Suicide risk assessment
3. Evaluation of patients with suicidal ideation
4. Assessing the effectiveness of no-suicide contracts
5. Identifying adolescents at risk for suicide
6. School interventions to prevent suicide
7. Destructive thoughts
8. Antidepressants
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Dear Colleagues,
Suicide is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 30,000 deaths in the US each year and almost 1 million deaths annually world-wide. In the US suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people 14-24 years of age. The highest suicide rates of any age group occur among persons aged 65 and older.
Suicide rates are particularly high among persons with bipolar disorder, particularly at the time of the switch from depression to mania or vice versa, schizophrenia, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, major depression, and substance-induced depression.
Today's newsletter provides information about this serious public health problem.
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1. SAMHSA
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention:
Goals and Objectives for Action
This document outlines our nation's strategy to prevent suicide. (May be slow to load.)
http://mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention/
2. POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE
Principles of Suicide Risk Assessment
The authors discuss demographics and risk factors of suicide and propose approaches to managing suicide risk in depressed patients.
http://www.postgradmed.com/issues/2002/09_02/frierson4.htm
3. AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN
Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Suicidal Ideation
Suicidal ideation warrants thorough evaluation--both when suicidality is expressed as well as periodically thereafter.
http://www.aafp.org/afp/990315ap/1500.html
4. ARCHIVES OF FAMILY MEDICINE
Are No-Suicide Contracts Effective in Preventing Suicide in Suicidal Patients Seen by Primary Care Physicians?
No-harm contracts should be used only as an adjunct to full assessment with patients who are at high risk of self-harm.
http://archfami.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/9/10/1119.pdf
5. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS
Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents
This statement assists health care providers in the identification and management of the adolescent at risk for suicide.
http://www.aap.org/policy/re9928.html
6. UCLA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY - SCHOOL MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT
School Intervention to Prevent Youth Suicide
This document provides considerable information on prevention, assessment, crisis response, and aftermath assistance.
http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/Sampler/Suicide/suicide.pdf
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Destructive Thinking: Can You Stop the Cycle?
At the onset of depression there begins a chain reaction of negative cognitives.
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Top 10 Things You Should Know About Antidepressants
Antidepressants are prescription drugs used to treat depression and a variety of other psychological conditions such as anxiety, panic, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
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