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Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.

The detection of psychiatric illness by questionnaire

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(12)60322-5.pdf

Self-harm and suicide in adolescents.

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(15)00234-2.pdf

Suicide and suicidal behaviour

Objective To review critically the past 10 years of research on youth suicide. Method Research literature on youth suicide was reviewed following a systematic search of PsycINFO and Medline. The search for school-based suicide prevention programs was expanded using two education databases: ERIC and Education Full Text. Finally, manual reviews of articles' reference lists identified additional studies. The review focuses on epidemiology, risk factors, prevention strategies, and treatment protocols. Results There has been a dramatic decrease in the youth suicide rate during the past decade. Although a number of factors have been posited for the decline, one of the more plausible ones appears to be the increase in antidepressants being prescribed for adolescents during this period. Youth psychiatric disorder, a family history of suicide and psychopathology, stressful life events, and access to firearms are key risk factors for youth suicide. Exciting new findings have emerged on the biology of suicide in adults, but, while encouraging, these are yet to be replicated in youths. Promising prevention strategies, including school-based skills training for students, screening for at-risk youths, education of primary care physicians, media education, and lethal-means restriction, need continuing evaluation studies. Dialectical behavior therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and treatment with antidepressants have been identified as promising treatments but have not yet been tested in a randomized clinical trial of youth suicide. Conclusions While tremendous strides have been made in our understanding of who is at risk for suicide, it is incumbent upon future research efforts to focus on the development and evaluation of empirically based suicide prevention and treatment protocols.

Youth suicide risk and preventive interventions: A review of the past 10 years.

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lanpsy/PIIS2215-0366(16)30030-X.pdf

Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review

About the Editors List of Contributors Preface Introduction (Keith Hawton and Kees van Heeringen) UNDERSTANDING SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR Suicide in the Western World (Christopher H. Cantor) Suicide in Asia and the Far East (Andrew T.A. Cheng and Chau-Shoun Lee) Attempted Suicide: Patterns and Trends ( Ad J.F.M. Kerkhof) Biological Aspects of Suicidal Behaviour (Lil Traskman-Bendz and J.John Mann) The Psychology of Suicidal Behaviour (J. Mark G. Williams and Leslie R.. Pollock) Ethology and Suicidal Behaviour (Robert D. Goldney) Psychiatric Aspects of Suicidal Behaviour: Depression (Jouko K. Lonnqvist) Psychiatric Aspects of Suicidal Behaviour: Schizophrenia (Marc De Hert and Jozef Peuskens) Psychiatric Aspects of Suicidal Behaviour: Substance Abuse (George E. Murphy) Psychiatric Aspects of Suicidal Behaviour: Personality Disorders (Marsha M Linehan, Shireen L. Rizvi, Stacy Shaw Welch and Benjamin Page) Psychiatric Aspects of Suicidal Behaviour: Anxiety Disorders (Christer Allgulander) Sociology and Suicidal Behaviour (Unni Bille-Brahe) The Genetics of Suicidal Behaviour (Alec Roy, David Nielsen, Gunnar Rylander and Marco Sarchiapone) Pathways to Suicide: an Integrative Approach (Kees van Heeringen, Keith Hawton and J. Mark, G. Williams) SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES Suicidal Behaviour in Children: an Emphasis on Developmental Influences (Cynthia R. Pfeffer) Adolescent Suicidal Behaviour: a General Population Perspective (Erik Jan de Wilde) Adolescent Suicidal Behaviour: Psychiatric Populations (Alan Apter and Ornit Freudenstein) Suicidal Behaviour among the Elderly (Daniel Harwood and Robin Jacoby) Sexuality, Reproductive Cycle and Suicidal Behaviour (Jose Catalan) Suicidal Behaviour and the Labour Market (Stephen Platt and Keith Hawton) Physical Illness and Suicidal Behaviour (Issac Sakinofsky) Physical Illness and Suicidal Behaviour (Elsebeth Nylev Stenager and Egon Stenager) Ethical and Legal Issues (Antoon Leenaars and Colleagues) Suicide and Violence (Mathew K. Nock and Peter M. Marzuk) Suicide among Psychiatric Inpatients (Manfred Wolfersdorf) The Impact of Suicide on Relatives and Friends (Sheila E. Clark and Robert D. Goldney) THE TREATMENT OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR Pharmacotherapy of Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour (Robbert J. Verkes and Philip J. Cowen) Psychotherapeutic Approaches to Suicidal Ideation and Behaviour (Heidi L. Heard) General Hospital Management of Suicide Attempters (Keith Hawton) Treatment Strategies for Adolescent Suicide Attempters (Philip Hazell) Treatment and Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour in the Elderly (Diego De Leo and Paolo Scocco) Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Management of Suicidal Behaviour (Kees van Heeringen) THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE Prediction of Suicide and Attempted Suicide (Robert D. Goldney) General Population Strategies of Suicide Prevention (Rachel Jenkins and Bruce Singh) Prevention of Suicide in Psychiatric Patients (Lo...

The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Background: Deliberate self-harm among young people is an important focus of policy and practice internationally. Nonetheless, there is little reliable comparative international information on its extent or characteristics. We have conducted a seven-country comparative community study of deliberate self-harm among young people. Method: Over 30,000 mainly 15- and 16-year-olds completed anonymous questionnaires at school in Australia, Belgium, England, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands and Norway. Study criteria were developed to identify episodes of self-harm; the prevalence of self-harm acts and thoughts, methods used, repetition, reasons given, premeditation, setting for the act, associations with alcohol and drugs, hospitalisation, and whether other people knew, were examined. Results: Self-harm was more than twice as common among females as males and, in four of the seven countries, at least one in ten females had harmed herself in the previous year. Additional young people had thought of harming themselves without doing so. More males and females in all countries except Hungary cut themselves than used any other method, most acts took place at home, and alcohol and illegal drugs were not usually involved. The most common reasons given were ‘to get relief from a terrible state of mind’ followed by ‘to die’, although there were differences between those cutting themselves and those taking overdoses. About half the young people decided to harm themselves in the hour before doing so, and many did not attend hospital or tell anyone else. Just over half those who had harmed themselves during the previous year reported more than one episode over their lifetime. Conclusions: Deliberate self-harm is a widespread yet often hidden problem in adolescents, especially females, which shows both similarities and differences internationally. Keywords: Adolescence, cross-cultural, self-harm, gender differences, motives.

Deliberate self-harm within an international community sample of young people: Comparative findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) Study.

Kees van Heeringen

Papers

Suicide prevention strategies revisited: 10-year systematic review

The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Deliberate self-harm within an international community sample of young people: Comparative findings from the Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) Study.

The neurobiology of suicide

The prevention and treatment of complicated grief: a meta-analysis.