suicide
Managing Patient Suicidal Ideation in ASCs
Kara Barnett, MD, discusses the management of patient suicidal ideation in ambulatory surgical centers at the 2024 ...
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
OUD Treatment With Buprenorphine Linked to Suicidality
Patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) undergoing buprenorphine treatment exhibited high rates of suicidal ...
FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Risk Factors for Suicide Completion Identified in Cohort of Suicide Attempts
In patients who present to the ED after an attempted suicide, a handful of factors may alert physicians to that ...
JULY 14, 2023
The Cup: Suicidal Ideation Among Physicians
Two medical interns in New York City died by suicide a few years ago. First one and then another. Thirty Julys ago, ...
JUNE 23, 2023
Pandemic Continues to Impact Mental Health
COVID-19's impact on mental health and substance use disorders continues unabated.
NOVEMBER 26, 2021
Major Depression With Comorbid Chronic Pain Poses Unique Risk for Suicidality
People with major depressive disorder who also suffer from chronic pain are at increased risk for suicidality ...
JUNE 29, 2021
New Guidelines Focus on Anesthesiologist Suicide
Of all professions, physicians have the highest rates of death by suicide, and this risk may be even higher for ...
JUNE 30, 2020
ASA COVID-19 Town Hall: Well-Being During the Pandemic
Experts shared strategies and resources for improving and maintaining the well-being of health care workers facing ...
MAY 28, 2020
Physician Suicide Statistics Spark Discussion Of Culture That Stigmatizes Mental Illness
San Francisco—Although often underestimated, suicide rates among physicians are higher than the general ...
AUGUST 2, 2019
Suicide Accounts for Higher Percentage Of Opioid Deaths Than Previously Believed
In 2016, 42,000 Americans died of an opioid overdose, according to the CDC. In the past, just a tiny fraction of ...
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Depression Found Common Among Medical Students
More than one-fourth of medical students say they suffer from depression, and more than 10% have considered ...
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Is Suicide a Consequence of the CDC Opioid Guideline?
The law of unintended consequences states that the actions of people, and especially of governments, always have ...
AUGUST 11, 2016
