Olufemi Talabi reviews a recent study exploring the association between Logic’s hip-hop song “1-800-273-8255” with Lifeline calls and suicides in the United States.
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Suicide in women: laws that discriminate against women may explain higher rates in low and middle income countries
Grace Crowley summarises a study which suggests that policy makers working to reduce women’s suicide in low- and middle-income countries should target laws discriminating against women.
[read the full story...]Mental health apps for people in crisis: helpful or harmful?
Wouter van Ballegooijen summarises a review of the ‘best apps’ for mental health, which finds very little support for people experiencing a mental health crisis.
[read the full story...]Harm minimisation for self-harm: mixed-method analysis of electronic health care records finds it can be helpful
Holly Crudgington reviews a mixed-methods analysis of electronic health records in secondary mental healthcare on harm minimisation for the management of self-harm.
[read the full story...]Male suicide prevention: uncovering the challenges associated with “talking”
Cara Richardson explores a recent qualitative study conducted in Scotland, which finds that the contexts in which men talk about suicide are an important part of male suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Young people who self-harm: perspectives on primary care
In her debut blog, Amelia Talbot summarises a qualitative study investigating young adult’s experiences and perspectives of general practice care for self-harm.
[read the full story...]The best terminology to describe self-harm: “There is more that unites us than divides us”
Angharad de Cates reviews a recent study which examined international definitions of English-language terms for suicidal and self-harm behaviours.
[read the full story...]Acceptability of psychosocial and psychoeducational group intervention after repeat suicide attempts
Sadhbh Byrne reviews a recent mixed-methods study on client acceptability of a psychosocial and psychoeducational group intervention for repeat suicide attempts. The ‘Psychosocial/psychoeducation Intervention for recurrent Suicide Attempts’ (PISA), or ‘Skills for Safer Living’ (SfSL).
[read the full story...]Should clinicians be developing a suicide safety plan with their patients?
Felicity Pearce, Bani Kahai and Derek Tracy summarise a recent meta-analysis examining safety planning-type interventions for suicide prevention.
[read the full story...]Suicide rates in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-national data provide no evidence of an increase
Karel Kieslich, Rosalind McAlpine and Alexandra Pitman review a recent study exploring suicide trends in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic with real-time data from 21 countries.
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