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Poor Readers Show Higher Risk of Suicide, Dropout Adolescents with reading problems are more likely to drop out of school and to consider suicide, a Wake Forest University Study shows. Researchers tracked 188 high school students for three years. They found that 25 percent of students testing in the lowe... Continue reading Poor Readers Show Higher Risk of Suicide, Dropout
Study Clears Misconceptions About Blacks and Suicide Findings from the National Survey of American Life show more suicide attempts by black Americans than previously thought. Surveying more than 5000 adults from African-American and Caribbean American backgrounds, the study found that 4.1 percent have tried ... Continue reading Study Clears Misconceptions About Blacks and Suicide
Gun In Home Doubles Risk Of Suicide Suicide rates in the 15 states with the highest percentages of households with firearms are nearly double that of the lowest six states, shows a new study published in The Journal of Trauma. Researchers examined data on state gun ownership rates compared t... Continue reading Gun In Home Doubles Risk Of Suicide
Migraine-Suicide Link May Appear As Early As Middle School Past research has shown that rates of depression and anxiety more than double among people who suffer chronic migraines. Even more striking are the suicide rates: almost one in four women and one in seven men who experience migraine with aura, a visual or n... Continue reading Migraine-Suicide Link May Appear As Early As Middle School
Veteran Suicide Rates Rise Due To Inadequate Resources A report issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs today states that approximately 5000 veterans will commit suicide this year, largely because the VA lacks widely available 24-hour care. Examining its 1,400 clinics, inspectors found that many clinics l... Continue reading Veteran Suicide Rates Rise Due To Inadequate Resources
Suicide Rates Highest Among Young Asian-American Women CNN reports that suicide is the second leading cause of death among Asian-American women age 15 to 24 and these women have the highest suicide rate of any demographic. As early as fifth grade, these young women show the highest rates of depression and suici... Continue reading Suicide Rates Highest Among Young Asian-American Women
Dating Violence, Sexual Assault Linked To Suicide In Urban Teens According to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, recent dating violence among urban teen females and lifetime history of sexual assault among urban teen males may be associated with suicide attempts. According to the ... Continue reading Dating Violence, Sexual Assault Linked To Suicide In Urban Teens
Depression Treatment May Trigger Thoughts of Suicide in Genetically Predisposed Men A study of 1,447 people with depression, conducted by Roy H. Perlis, M.D. of Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School and his colleagues found that 10 percent of the men studied expressed suicidal thoughts during at least one follow up vis... Continue reading Depression Treatment May Trigger Thoughts of Suicide in Genetically Predisposed Men
Psychology Of A Suicide Bomber Headlines read daily of slaughtered and wounded masses killed by suicide bombers in the Middle East. What drives these and other self-sacrificing terrorists to kill not only others but themselves in the name of a cause? According to a new report, poverty a... Continue reading Psychology Of A Suicide Bomber
Big Girls Don't...Go To College? Obese girls are half as likely to attend college as their thinner peers, shows a new study appearing in Sociology of Education. They are also more likely to consider killing themselves and to try drugs or alcohol. Analyzing data on almost 11,000 adolescent... Continue reading Big Girls Don't...Go To College?
Breast Augmentation Linked to Tripled Risk of Suicide Women who undergo cosmetic breast augmentation are three times more likely to commit suicide or die alcohol or substance dependence related deaths, shows a new study of Swedish women. The study, published in the August, 2007 issue of Annals of Plastic Surg... Continue reading Breast Augmentation Linked to Tripled Risk of Suicide
Teen Suicides Increase After Antidepressant Warnings In 2004, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European regulators issued warnings against the use of antidepressants known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in children and adolescents. Shortly thereafter, the FDA issued a mandate sta... Continue reading Teen Suicides Increase After Antidepressant Warnings
Increased Gay Suicide Risk Linked to Harassment Past studies have identified being gay as a risk factor for suicide among adolescents and young adults, increasing an individual's risk of attempting suicide by as much as 400 percent. New research on undergraduates at the University of Washington, however,... Continue reading Increased Gay Suicide Risk Linked to Harassment
Two Genes Shown to Increase Risk for Suicidal Ideation Can a simple test predict your risk for suicidal thoughts? A DNA study has identified two genes that increase the risk of suicidal thoughts in patients taking antidepressants by as much as 50 percent. The study examined the DNA of 120 people with no histor... Continue reading Two Genes Shown to Increase Risk for Suicidal Ideation
PsychBriefs: September 30-October 6, 2007 More Evidence for Influence of Cinematic Smoking A study of 1,528 adults age 18 to 25 highlights the impact of on-screen smoking on young adults. Comparing subjects' exposure to smoking in films over the past 30 days to rates of smoking, investigators found... Continue reading PsychBriefs: September 30-October 6, 2007
Study Findings May Shed Light on Veteran Suicide New research reveals surprising findings on veterans and suicide. Continue reading Study Findings May Shed Light on Veteran Suicide
Combination Therapy Best Addresses Teen Depression Using cognitive-behavioral therapy in conjunction with antidepressants has both short- and long-term advantages over using either treatment alone. Continue reading Combination Therapy Best Addresses Teen Depression
Suicide Risk in Bipolar Patients Depends Strongly On Family History A family history of suicide has been linked to increased suicide risk for people with many mental health disorders. However, for individuals with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression, having a relative who ended their own life may increase their risk by as much as three times. Continue reading Suicide Risk in Bipolar Patients Depends Strongly On Family History
Suicide Rates Jump Among Middle-Aged Suicide rates for Americans aged 45 to 54 increased almost 20 percent between 1999 and 2004, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking an all-time high for this age group since the organization began tracking suicide rates in 1980. Continue reading Suicide Rates Jump Among Middle-Aged
Low Serotonin, Fights with Mom a Deadly Combo for Girls Sixty-four percent of teen girls who engage in self-harm share two factors in common: low levels of serotonin, a chemical associated with mood quality, and conflicts with their mothers. This finding comes as a result of a study by University of Washington ... Continue reading Low Serotonin, Fights with Mom a Deadly Combo for Girls
PsychBriefs: March 16-22, 2008 Attractive women want it all While the qualities men look for in potential mates vary little with their own attractiveness, women calibrate their wants based on their own desirability. Continue reading PsychBriefs: March 16-22, 2008
Teen Insomnia Increases Risk of Depression and Substance Abuse Teens with sleeping troubles are vulnerable to depression, drug use, binge drinking and suicidal ideation later in life, shows new research published in the journal SLEEP. Continue reading Teen Insomnia Increases Risk of Depression and Substance Abuse
Youth Suicides High For Second Year After a decade of decline, youth suicides soared by 18 percent between 2003 and 2004. New figures from 2005, the most recent year available, show that teen suicide rates dropped slightly but remained significantly higher than expected, suggesting the spike is not an anomaly. Continue reading Youth Suicides High For Second Year
Witnessing Family Violence As A Child May Lead to Depression, Alcoholism in Adulthood Witness violence between parents before the age of 18 has been found to have great effects on adult mental health including increased risk of depression, alcoholism and spousal and child abuse. Continue reading Witnessing Family Violence As A Child May Lead to Depression, Alcoholism in Adulthood
Can Summer Jobs Prevent Teen Suicide? Holding a summer job has surprising benefits for teens at risk of suicide. Continue reading Can Summer Jobs Prevent Teen Suicide? |
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