http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Nearly one in 12 American stroke survivors may have contemplated suicide or wished themselves dead, according to a study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2013. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-percent-survivors-suicidal-thoughts.html Cardiology Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:00:10 EST news279458981 Researchers are making new strides in understanding the health consequences and treatment and rehabilitation needs of combat veterans and other service members affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI). The January-February issue of The Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, official journal of the Brain Injury Association of America, is a special issue devoted to new research in military TBI. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-military-traumatic-brain-injury.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:38:52 EST news278077126 Researchers want to know whether a sleeping pill reduces suicidal thoughts in depressed patients with insomnia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-explores-pills-insomniac-suicidal-thoughts.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:16:38 EST news278072191 According to results of a new study by researchers at the University of Utah, military personnel experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of physical or violent sexual assault as adults. In contrast, undergraduate students experience increased risk of suicidal thoughts or actions if they were the victims of unwanted sexual experiences as children or adults. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-physical-sexual-assault-linked-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 18 Jan 2013 08:18:24 EST news277719488 (Medical Xpress)—More than half a million adults in California seriously thought about committing suicide during the previous year, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-million-california-adults-committing-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 20 Dec 2012 07:50:01 EST news275211073 (HealthDay)—Teenagers who experience dating violence could be more likely to get involved in violent relationships and have health problems as young adults, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-dating-violence-teen-years-impact.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 10 Dec 2012 10:29:25 EST news274357755 (Medical Xpress)—Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI)—deliberately harming one's body through such acts as cutting, burning or biting—is a primary risk factor for future suicide in teens and young adults, finds a new longitudinal study of college students led by a Cornell mental health researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-self-injury-young-people-gateway-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:20:02 EST news273916868 An increased risk of suicidal ideation (thoughts of harming or killing oneself) in adolescents appears to be associated with recent victimization, such as by peers, sexual assault, and maltreatment, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-suicidal-thoughts-adolescents-victimization.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:00:13 EST news270136974 A new report, published today, provides an in-depth examination into why men from disadvantaged backgrounds in their 30s, 40s and 50s are at higher risk of suicide than the rest of society. Men from low socio-economic backgrounds living in deprived areas are ten times more likely to die by suicide than men from high socio-economic backgrounds living in the most affluent areas. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-uk-middle-aged-men-die-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 21 Sep 2012 07:50:12 EST news267432601 (Medical Xpress)—Australian research, published in the British Medical Journal Open, shows a dramatic reduction in both depression and suicidal thoughts in patients who participated in a study involving internet cognitive behaviour therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-online-treatment-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:37:26 EST news267179800 Flying high, or down in the dumps—individuals suffering from bipolar disorder alternate between depressive and manic episodes. Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim have now discovered, based on patient data and animal models, how the NCAN gene results in the manic symptoms of bipolar disorder. The results have been published in the current issue of "The American Journal of Psychiatry." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-decipher-manic-gene.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sat, 01 Sep 2012 04:40:01 EST news265692317 New research, to be published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, finds that men who developed persistent sexual side effects while on finasteride (Propecia), a drug commonly used for male pattern hair loss, have a high prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal thoughts. The study, titled "Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Thoughts Among Former Users of Finasteride With Persistent Sexual Side Effects," was authored by Michael S. Irwig, M.D., an assistant professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-depressive-symptoms-suicidal-thoughts-finasteride.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 07 Aug 2012 13:14:14 EST news263564035 Some young people's expectations that they will not live long, healthy lives may actually foreshadow such outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-teen-survival-risk-taking-behavior.html Health Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:00:02 EST news263057285 (Medical Xpress) -- Between five and 10 per cent of people over 60 suffer from depression - a common and disabling disorder. It is predicted that depression will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide within the next 10 years, making it a major public health problem. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-empathetic-gps-depression-suicidal-thoughts.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 18 Jul 2012 06:49:12 EST news261812920 (HealthDay) -- Although dating violence is a recognized problem for U.S. teens, a majority of high school counselors say their school provides no training or guidelines for dealing with abusive romantic relationships, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-high-schools-lax-dating-abuse.html Pediatrics Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:25:45 EST news261048339 (HealthDay) -- Prescription drug abuse among American college students is linked to depression and suicidal thoughts, a new study finds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-mental-health-woes-college-kids.html Addiction Tue, 19 Jun 2012 18:12:43 EST news259348358 Bipolar disorder is a serious and debilitating condition where individuals experience severe swings in mood between mania and depression. The episodes of low or elevated mood can last days or months, and the risk of suicide is high. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-ketamine-bipolar-depression-minutes.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 30 May 2012 09:45:54 EST news257589770 The experience of killing in war was strongly associated with thoughts of suicide, in a study of Vietnam-era veterans led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-war-linked-suicidal-thoughts-vietnam.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:12:17 EST news253987931 as both a victim and a bully – are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts by the time they reach 11 years old, according to research from the University of Warwick. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-bullies-victims-suicidal-thoughts-age.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:09:47 EST news249732573 In 2004, concerns about antidepressant drugs increasing suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young patients prompted the FDA to issue a rare "black box warning." Now, a new analysis of clinical trial data finds that treatment with the antidepressant fluoxetine did not increase — or decrease — suicidality in children compared to placebo treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-antidepressant-suicide-link-youths-absent-analysis.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:14 EST news247755822 (Medical Xpress) -- Throughout the world, although teenage boys are exposed to more violence than girls, girls tend to be more negatively affected by these experiences than boys. A new study shows the specific effects of this vulnerability: Girls exposed to violence are more prone to mentally remove themselves from their surroundings, a symptom that can lead to suicidal thoughts down the road. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-effects-violence-teen-girls.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:35:51 EST news246526545 (AP) -- Federal health officials said Monday that Pfizer's anti-smoking drug Chantix did not increase psychiatric problems like depression and suicidal thoughts in two studies, though the findings are not definitive. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-fda-chantix-psych-problems.html Medications Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:55:23 EST news238686905 (AP) -- More adults in the Midwest and West have suicidal thoughts than people in the rest of the country, but Rhode Island leads in suicide attempts, according to the first government study of its kind. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-midwest-west-highest-contemplating-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:52:25 EST news238348328 Suicidal teens are not likely to get the mental healthcare they need. This is according to a team of researchers at Seattle Children's Research Institute, the University of Washington (UW), and Group Health Research Institute. The study, "Adolescents With Suicidal Ideation: Health Care Use and Functioning," was recently published in Academic Pediatrics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-percent-suicidal-teens-dont-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:44:28 EST news235212251 (Medical Xpress) -- According to a new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers, led by Gunther Meinlschmidt, PhD, may have found a connection between the brain chemical oxytocin and postpartum depression. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-oxytocin-postpartum-depression.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 16 May 2011 13:40:01 EST news224768961 Men who are abused by their female partners can suffer significant psychological trauma, such as post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and suicidal thoughts, according to two new papers published by the American Psychological Association. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-male-victims-intimate-terrorism-psychological.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:45:07 EST news221388293