Medical economics
Suicide rates have risen steadily for black girls and women
Suicide rates for Black women and girls ages 15 to 24 have more than doubled over the past two decades, a new report finds.
Dec 8, 2023
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News tagged with suicide
Psychology & Psychiatry
Q&A: Preventing adolescent suicide—recommendations for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adolescent suicides have tragically been rising for over a decade and the COVID-19 pandemic's toll on activities, social connections, and deaths have made these ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
State abortion bans bar exceptions for suicide, mental health
In the year since the Supreme Court outlawed the national right to an abortion, 18 states have implemented abortion bans that specify that mental health or suicidality do not qualify as a health-related exception for the ...
Dec 7, 2023
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Health informatics
No increased suicide risk observed for isotretinoin users
Isotretinoin users do not have an increased risk for suicide or psychiatric disorders and may have a lower risk for suicide attempts, according to a review published online Nov. 29 in JAMA Dermatology.
Dec 5, 2023
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Addiction
Increase in child suicide linked to the nation's opioid crisis
The rise in child suicides in the U.S. since 2010 was fueled in part by the nation's opioid crisis, which previous studies found increased rates of child neglect and altered household living arrangements, according to a new ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What's behind the holiday-suicide myth?
For more than two decades, the Annenberg Public Policy Center has tracked the ways in which news organizations erroneously link the year-end holiday season with suicide, perpetuating the false holiday-suicide myth. But as ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Neuroscience
Teens with epilepsy face higher odds for eating disorders
Teenagers with epilepsy are more likely to have an eating disorder than those not suffering from the brain disease, a new study shows.
Dec 4, 2023
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Health informatics
US gun suicides keep rising, now make up half of all suicides: Report
The latest national data show that when it comes to suicide, Americans are increasingly resorting to firearms as their method of choice.
Nov 30, 2023
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Medical economics
Doctors call for expanded reporting of medical care given in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers
A new study led by Dr. Annette Dekker, an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UCLA, calls for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers to increase health outcome reporting ...
Nov 29, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pregnancy postponement decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic associated with decreased well-being among women
During the COVID-19 pandemic, every aspect of our lives changed, and decisions regarding pregnancy were no exception. Previous studies have shown that regret over the decision to delay childbearing at a young age is associated ...
Nov 28, 2023
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