http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Chronic trauma can inflict lasting damage to brain regions associated with fear and anxiety. Previous imaging studies of people with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, have shown that these brain regions can over-or under-react in response to stressful tasks, such as recalling a traumatic event or reacting to a photo of a threatening face. Now, researchers at NYU School of Medicine have explored for the first time what happens in the brains of combat veterans with PTSD in the absence of external triggers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-combat-veterans-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.html Neuroscience Sat, 18 May 2013 01:49:34 EST news288060554 People in the military who suffer more than one mild traumatic brain injury face a significantly higher risk of suicide, according to research by the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-brain-injury-soldiers-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 15 May 2013 16:41:19 EST news287854800 A new study found a relationship between sleep duration and suicidal thoughts in people with insomnia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-decrease-suicide-people-insomnia.html Health Wed, 15 May 2013 11:32:12 EST news287836325 Nearly one in five children and teens found to be at risk for suicide report that there are guns in their homes, and 15 percent of those at risk for suicide with guns in the home know how to access both the guns and the bullets, according to a study to be presented Monday, May 6, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-percent-suicidal-youths-guns-home.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 06 May 2013 04:48:20 EST news287034493 (HealthDay)—After completing a review of existing research, an expert panel has determined that there is not enough evidence to recommend that all teens and adults be screened for suicide risk factors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-benefit-screening-patients-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:40:03 EST news285940394 (Medical Xpress)—Residents of states with the highest rates of gun ownership and political conservatism are at greater risk of suicide than those in states with less gun ownership and less politically conservative leanings, according to a study by University of California, Riverside sociology professor Augustine J. Kposowa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-links-suicide-gun-ownership-political.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:10:02 EST news284363430 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 A virtual patient named Denise may help future physicians feel more comfortable and capable assessing suicide risk. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-virtual-patient-future-doctors-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:36:22 EST news276518174 Since the early 1970s school shootings at American elementary, secondary and higher education institutions have been a painful reality for American society. After each incident – like the recent attack in Newtown, CT – there is voluminous dialogue about what can be done to prevent the next, such tragedy. But can anything realistically be done to prevent these horrific crimes? A new article¹ by Dr. Daniel J. Flannery at Case Western Reserve University, and colleagues, scheduled to appear in the January issue of Springer's Current Psychiatry Reports, attempts to parse out what we have learned from past events, and what we can do about stopping the next attack. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-school.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:17:58 EST news275152670 Three University of Kentucky (UK) sociologists have co-authored a study that helps to fill a gap in our understanding of suicide risk among African-American women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-bridge-gap-suicide-african-american-women.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 13 Dec 2012 10:52:14 EST news274618314 (Medical Xpress)—Suicide risk patterns accelerate up to the age of 20 before moderately levelling off, according to a new report published in the Cambridge Journal of Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-pattern-suicide-age.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:17:57 EST news273403030 Doctors who commit suicide appear to be under-treated for mental health problems, despite their seemingly good access to health care, a new University of Michigan study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-job-stress-mental-health-problems.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:42:32 EST news271942938 As part of suicide prevention, evaluation of suicide risk should be carried out on a regular basis in order to attempt early intervention. The EU-funded Suicidality: Treatment Occurring in Paediatrics Programme was developed to provide suicidality measures, and is being piloted in children and adolescents to alert clinicians about increased suicide risk and prompt early intervention. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-suicide-children-adolescents.html Psychology & Psychiatry Sun, 14 Oct 2012 05:49:33 EST news269412562 (HealthDay) -- Hospitalization for physical illness more than doubles the risk of suicide, with approximately one-quarter of suicides attributable to physical illness, according to research published online July 9 in the Journal of Internal Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-physical-illness-hospitalization-suicide.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:10:01 EST news261679152 (HealthDay) -- Movies often stereotype people with schizophrenia as being violent and unpredictable, says a researcher who claims Hollywood dispenses misinformation about symptoms, causes and treatment of this mental illness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-schizophrenia-movies-dont.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 13 Jul 2012 17:37:15 EST news261419826 (Medical Xpress) -- Antidepressive drugs reduce the mortality rate of schizophrenic patients, while treatment with bensodiazepines greatly increases it, especially as regards suicide. Giving several antipsychotics simultaneously, however, seems to have no effect at all. This according to a new study examining different drug combinations administered to patients with schizophrenia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-suicides-antidepressive-treatment-schizophrenia.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 08 May 2012 06:20:57 EST news255676847 Women who commit suicide are more likely than men to avoid facial disfiguration, but not necessarily in the name of vanity. Valerie Callanan from the University of Akron and Mark Davis from the Criminal Justice Research Center at the Ohio State University, USA, show that there are marked gender differences in the use of suicide methods that disfigure the face or head. While firearms are the preferred method for both men and women, women are less likely to shoot themselves in the head. The study is published online in Springer's journal Sex Roles. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-suicide-methods-differ-men-women.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 30 Aug 2011 10:47:06 EST news233919763 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study suggests that low levels of the highly unsaturated omega-3 essential fattyacids, in particular DHA, may be associated with increased risk of suicide. Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) drew this finding following analysis of a large random sampling of suicide deaths among U.S. military personnel on active-duty between 2002 and 2008. The results of this retrospective study appear in the August 23 online version of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-links-dha-suicide-military-personnel.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:10:35 EST news233475004 Suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the United States. Every year millions of Americans think about taking their own lives. Sadly, each year tens of thousands die by suicide. While suicides can be a shock to family and friends, some warning signs exist. Often a simple question from a family doctor can be enough to start a person toward help and treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-primary-physicians-key-suicide-video.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:50:04 EST news231427031 Treating sleep problems with cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia can reduce suicidal ideation, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Tuesday, June 14, in Minneapolis, Minn., at SLEEP 2011, the 25th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cognitive-behavioral-therapy-insomnia-suicidal-ideation.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 14 Jun 2011 04:50:01 EST news227244883 Forty-five percent of the 32,000 Americans who take their own lives each year visit their primary care provider within one month of their death. Ninety percent have a mental health or substance abuse disorder, or both. Yet only in the last decade has suicide been considered a preventable public health problem. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-primary-suicide-efforts.html Health Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:04:30 EST news221724255