News tagged with suicidal ideation


Boys with intermittent eye deviation appear more likely to develop mental illness

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children and especially boys diagnosed with intermittent exotropia, a condition in which the eye turns outward (away from the nose) only some of the time, appear more likely to develop mental illness by young adulthood than ...





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Later parental-mandated bedtimes for teens linked to depression and suicidal thoughts

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created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Earlier parental-mandated bedtimes could help protect teens from depression and suicidal thoughts by lengthening sleep duration, according to a research abstract that will be presented at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting ...


Childhood cancer survivors experience suicidal thoughts decades after diagnosis

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Adult survivors of childhood cancer have an increased risk for suicidal thoughts, even decades after their cancer treatments ended, according to a study led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists.


Popular antidepressant associated with a dramatic increase in suicidal thoughts amongst men

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created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Nortriptyline has been found to cause a ten-fold increase in suicidal thoughts in men when compared to its competitor escitalopram. These findings are published in the open access journal BMC Medicine.


Insomnia in parents can result in sleep problems, suicidal behavior among their offspring

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created Jun 12, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A history of chronic insomnia in parents is not only associated with elevated risk for insomnia but also with elevated risks for use of hypnotics, psychopathology and suicidal behavior in adolescent offspring, according to ...


Nightmares predict elevated suicidal symptoms

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created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Self-reported nightmares among patients seeking emergency psychiatric evaluation uniquely predicted elevated suicidal symptoms. Results indicate that severe nightmares were independently associated with elevated suicidal ...


Pesticides exposure linked to suicidal thoughts

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study in China has found that people with higher levels of pesticide exposure are more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The study was carried out by Dr Robert Stewart from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College ...


Wide range of mental disorders increase the chance of suicidal thoughts and behaviors

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created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Although depression is the mental disorder that most people associate with suicidal behavior, a new study reveals that a wide range of mental disorders increase the odds of thinking about suicide and making suicide attempts. ...


Suicide risk factors consistent across nations

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created Feb 01, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Risk factors for suicidal thoughts, plans and attempts are consistent across countries, and include having a mental disorder and being female, younger, less educated, and unmarried. So says new research from a Harvard University ...


Older problem gamblers may face greater suicide risk than younger counterparts, study finds

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created Sep 16, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Compared to their younger counterparts, older problem gamblers who ask casinos to bar them from returning are three to four times more likely to do so because they fear they will kill themselves if they don't stop betting, ...


Ketamine reduces suicidality in depressed patients

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Drug treatment options for depression can take weeks for the beneficial effects to emerge, which is clearly inadequate for those at immediate risk of suicide. However, intravenous (IV) ketamine, a drug previously used as ...



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