About 1 in 10 teenagers experience severe loneliness. A new 13-year study examines what this means for their future mental health and suicide risk.
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Study of 3 million Australian adults prescribed opioids, 84% of self-harm events and 81% of suicides didn’t involve opioids. Challenges belief that prescribing increases self-harm risk.
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ADHD medication associated with reduced rates of suicide, substance misuse, transport accidents and criminality in Swedish study of 148,581 people.
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Does a first cancer diagnosis increase a person’s risk of suicide? This national study from Denmark offers rare clarity, tracking 30 cancer types across two decades to uncover patterns that clinicians and policymakers cannot afford to ignore.
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Men are around 3 times more likely to die by suicide than women, and new evidence suggests relationship breakdowns could be a key risk factor. A major 2025 meta-analysis explores the complex links between separation, divorce, and suicidality in men.
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People with psychosis face unique risks around suicide, but most treatments aren’t designed with them in mind. This new RCT tested a targeted therapy that tackles those specific challenges. So what did it find?
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Derek de Beurs explores a meta-analysis which finds that randomised controlled trials of psychological interventions for depression rarely report assessments of suicide.
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A group of MSc students from UCL summarise a study examining the links between antipsychotics, risk of violent crimes and suicidal behaviour in people diagnosed with a ‘personality disorder’.
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Liam Pikett summarises a cross-sectional study exploring the association of family, social and romantic loneliness with suicidal ideation and self-harm.
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Lucy Barrass summarises a systematic review published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry that explores the international prevalence of suicidal ideation and behaviour among young people across global regions.
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