Suicide

A morphometric, immunohistochemical, and in situ hybridization study of the dorsal raphe nucleus in major depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and suicide

Publication year: 2012Source:Journal of Affective Disorders, Volume 137, Issues 1–3Paul R. Matthews, Paul J. Harrison

Mental disorders and suicide in Japan: A nation-wide psychological autopsy case–control study

Publication year: 2012Source:Journal of Affective DisordersSeiko Hirokawa, Norito Kawakami, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Akiko Inagaki, Nozomi Eguchi, Masao Tsuchiya, Yotaro Katsumata, Masato Akazawa, Akiko Kameyama, Hisateru Tachimori, Tadashi Takeshima

Mental disorders and suicide in Japan: A nation-wide psychological autopsy case–control study

Publication year: 2012Source: Journal of Affective Disorders, Available online 3 March 2012Seiko Hirokawa, Norito Kawakami, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Akiko Inagaki, Nozomi Eguchi, ...

Anxiety sensitivity cognitive concerns predict suicidality among smokers

Publication year: 2012Source: Journal of Affective Disorders, Available online 26 February 2012Daniel W. Capron, Heidemarie Blumenthal, Amanda N. Medley, Sarah Lewis, Matthew T. Feldner, ...

History of a Suicide: My Sister’s Unfinished Life

Mostly prose with effective inclusion of poetry, author Jill Bialosky adds an important survivor’s perspective in her book of her sister's suicide. To clinicians in particular, the book may serve as a window into the psychic lives of those left behind following a tragic end.

Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior With Antidepressant Treatment: Reanalysis of the Randomized Placebo-Controlled Studies of Fluoxetine and Venlafaxine [Meta-analysis]

Context  The US Food and Drug Administration issued a black box warning for antidepressants and suicidal thoughts and behavior in children and young adults.

Objective  To determine the short-term safety of antidepressants by standard assessments of suicidal thoughts and behavior in youth, adult, and geriatric populations and the mediating effect of changes in depressive symptoms.

Relationship between suicidality and impulsivity in bipolar I disorder: a diffusion tensor imaging study

Mahon K, Burdick KE, Wu J, Ardekani BA, Szeszko PR. Relationship between suicidality and impulsivity in bipolar I disorder: a diffusion tensor imaging study. Bipolar Disord 2012: 14: 80–89. © 2012 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S.Background:  Impulsivity is characteristic of individuals with bipolar disorder and may be a contributing factor to the high rate of suicide in patients with this disorder.