Today's newsletter contains Web resources about suicide, obviously an important topic. In the U.S. alone, there are over 30,000 deaths by suicide each year.
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.
2.AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN Evaluation and Treatment of Patients with Suicidal Ideation
This article is directed toward family physicians, but it contains valuable information for mental health practitioners, including risk factors
and symptoms associated with completed suicide, the components of an evaluation of a
patient with suicidal ideation, and treatment options. http://www.aafp.org/afp/990315ap/1500.html
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3.NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH Co–Occurring Alcohol Use Disorder and Schizophrenia
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common co–occurring disorder in people with schizophrenia.
4.PEDIATRICS Receipt of Psychological or Emotional Counseling by Suicidal Adolescents
Only one third of those who report suicidal ideation and behavior receive psychological or emotional counseling.
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