PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: suicide risk http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Smoking cessation drug not linked to an increased risk of self harm or depression There is no strong evidence that the popular smoking cessation drug varenicline increases the risk of self harm or depression compared to other cessation products, according to new research published on BMJ.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news173644793.html Medicine & Health Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:40:01 EST news173644793 Sedatives may increase suicide risk in older patients Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Geriatrics have shown that, even after adjusting for the presence of psychiatric conditions, sedatives and hypnotics were both associated with an increased risk of suicide. http://www.physorg.com/news163316246.html Medicine & Health Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:38:16 EST news163316246 Young ex-servicemen at increased risk of suicide Young men who have served in the British Armed Forces are up to three times more likely to take their own lives than their civilian counterparts, research published tomorrow (March 3) has found. http://www.physorg.com/news155220170.html Medicine & Health Mon, 02 Mar 2009 12:44:00 EST news155220170 Men sexually abused in childhood 10 times more likely to contemplate suicide Sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk of suicide in men by up to ten times, say researchers from the University of Bath. A recent study of Australian men has found that those who were sexually abused as children are more likely than women to contemplate taking their own lives. http://www.physorg.com/news148907836.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:16 EST news148907836 Patients with depressive disorders or schizophrenia more likely to re-attempt suicide Men and women who have tried to kill themselves and are suffering from unipolar disorder (major depression), bipolar disorder (manic depression) or schizophrenia are at a very high risk of committing suicide within a year of their first attempt, concludes a study published today on bmj.com. http://www.physorg.com/news146297476.html Medicine & Health Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:11:16 EST news146297476 What happens in Vegas? Place as a risk factor for suicide Every day 85 Americans die by suicide and hundreds of thousands more make attempts every year. The vast majority of recent studies on suicide have focused on identifying psychiatric risk factors. However, a new study by Temple University Sociology Professor Matt Wray, published online this month in Social Science and Medicine, explores time and place as factors in suicide by closely analyzing the patterns of suicide in a single geographic area -Las Vegas -over a 30 year period. http://www.physorg.com/news145623610.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:00:10 EST news145623610 Married prisoners at increased risk of suicide (PhysOrg.com) -- Being white, male, married and in a job makes you more likely to die by suicide on being sent to prison, an Oxford University study has found. http://www.physorg.com/news145027473.html Medicine & Health Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:24:33 EST news145027473