Aim: To examine rates of contact with primary and mental health care prior to suicide in men
and women and across a range of age categories. Method: The authors performed a …

Background Completed suicide is a major cause of death in bipolar disorder (BD) patients.
Objective The aim of this paper is to provide an overall review of the existing literature of …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Suicide prevention is a public health priority, but no data on the
health care individuals receive prior to death are available from large representative United …

Suicide is the 15th most common cause of death worldwide. Although relatively uncommon
in the general population, suicide rates are much higher in people with mental health …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined rates of contact with primary care and mental health care
professionals by individuals before they died by suicide. METHOD: The authors reviewed 40 …

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 …

Importance Although psychiatric inpatients are recognized to be at increased risk for suicide
immediately after hospital discharge, little is known about the extent to which their short-term …

Background Persons with a history of admission to a psychiatric hospital are at high risk for
suicide, but little is known about how this is influenced by factors related to psychiatric …

Background Suicide in pregnant and postnatal women is an important cause of maternal
death, but evidence to guide suicide prevention in this group is scarce. We aimed to …

The second edition of Berman, Jobes, and Silverman's Adolescent Suicide: Assessment and
Intervention is an essential resource for anyone who treats adolescents—and the tangled …