Suicide prevention in psychiatric patients

D Wasserman, V Carli, M Iosue, A Javed… - Asia‐Pacific …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
An increased risk of suicide has been reported for psychiatric patients. In several world
regions, an underlying psychiatric disorder is reported in up to 90% of people who die from …

Why mental illness is a risk factor for suicide: Implications for suicide prevention

BL Mishara, F Chagnon - The international handbook of suicide …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The association between mental illness and suicide is one of the most researched topics in
suicidology. People who live with a mental disorder in contemporary society are more likely …

The European Psychiatric Association (EPA) guidance on suicide treatment and prevention

D Wasserman, Z Rihmer, D Rujescu… - European …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Suicide is a major public health problem in the WHO European Region accounting for over
150,000 deaths per year. Suicidal crisis: Acute intervention should start immediately in order …

Epidemiology of suicide: recent developments

RJ Baldessarini - Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences, 2020 - cambridge.org
Suicide and suicide attempts have become more prevalent in recent years, with notable
increases in the US in all age groups and geographic locations. Risk of suicide is …

Strategies of suicide prevention: focus on health care

Z Rihmer - Journal of affective disorders, 1996 - Elsevier
Suicide is a major health problem, showing an increasing tendency in many developed
countries. In this synthetic review, having briefly described the possible risk factors of …

Suicide, suicidality and suicide prevention in affective disorders

HJ Möller - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: It is well known that functional psychiatric disorders are one of the main causes of
suicidal behaviour. This paper discusses the epidemiology and risk factors of suicidal …

Suicide prevention: the necessity of treating contributory psychiatric disorders

R Khuri, HS Akiskal - Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 1983 - Elsevier
This article reviews those few reports on suicide that are derived from systematic, data-
based observation, discusses the general characteristics of suicidal behavior and their …

Can we really prevent suicide?

M Schwartz-Lifshitz, G Zalsman, L Giner… - Current psychiatry …, 2012 - Springer
Every year, suicide is among the top 20 leading causes of death globally for all ages.
Unfortunately, suicide is difficult to prevent, in large part because the prevalence of risk …

Suicide and psychiatric patients

A Roy - Psychiatric Clinics, 1985 - psych.theclinics.com
The social and psychiatric risk factors associated with suicide in patients with different
psychiatric disorders are reviewed. Suicide among emergency room attenders, inpatients …

Pharmacologic interventions in suicide prevention

L Tondo, C Ghiani, M Albert - Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2001 - psychiatrist.com
Suicide rates vary by country and by mental disorder. What does not vary, though, is that the
number of suicides per year is not declining and that a person with a mental disorder is more …