Clarifying the Role of Psychological Pain in the Risks of Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Acts among Patients with Major Depressive Episodes

In a 1-year period, 6 of 11 suicides in a rural Wisconsin county were committed by people over the age of 60. At the request of the local coroner, the American Medical Association sent a team of investigators to perform psychological autopsies. Family member survivors, friends, and attending physicians were interviewed. The majority of suicide victims had evidence of major depressive episodes, delusions that they had a terminal physical illness, and knowledge of family/friends who had committed suicide. Most had seen their physician within 48 hours before their death. Continuing education efforts focused on increasing a physician's abilities to recognize depression and suicidal ideation have ensued, based on this experience.

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Associations Between Substance Use Disorders and Suicidal Ideation: An Investigation of Latino Emerging Adults

Emerging Adulthood ◽

10.1177/2167696817747420 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 21-30

Author(s):

Emily A. Limas ◽

Ellen L. Vaughan

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Suicidal Ideation ◽

Emerging Adults ◽

Substance Use Disorders ◽

Regression Analyses ◽

Major Depressive ◽

The Past ◽

Religiosity And Depression ◽

Major Depressive Episodes ◽

Depressive Episodes

Suicide is ranked as the second leading cause of death among emerging adults (aged 18–25 years). The purpose of this study was to test the associations between substance use disorders and suicidal ideation while controlling for religiosity and depression, among Latino emerging adults. Participants were 3,372 Latino, noninstitutionalized, U.S. residents aged 18- to 25-year-old who participated in the 2011 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Binomial logistic regression analyses tested the relationships between major depressive episodes (MDEs), substance abuse/dependence, and past-year suicidal ideation. Results showed that substance use disorders and MDEs were both associated with increased odds of suicidal ideation in emerging adult Latinos within the past year. Clinical and research implications as well as study limitations are discussed.

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Depressive symptoms, major depressive episodes and cognitive test performance—What is the role of physical activity?

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.3109/08039488.2012.736533 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 67 (4) ◽

pp. 265-273 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Kaisla Joutsenniemi ◽

Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson ◽

Marko Elovainio ◽

Tommi Härkänen ◽

Päivi Sainio ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Test Performance ◽

Cognitive Test ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Cognitive Test Performance ◽

Major Depressive Episodes ◽

Depressive Episodes

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Covariate Health Determinants of Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Plans, and Suicide Attempts among African American Males with and without Major Depressive Episodes

10.31234/osf.io/xnqat ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Areen Omary

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Suicidal Ideation ◽

African American Males ◽

Depressive Episode ◽

Major Depressive Episode ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

African American Men ◽

Major Depressive ◽

Major Depressive Episodes ◽

Depressive Episodes

Objectives. To examine if major depressive episodes can predict risk chances for suicidal ideation, suicide plans, and suicide attempts among African American males while adjusting for covariates of age, education, and income. Methods. Data from the 2018 National Survey on Drug Use and Health were extracted and analyzed. We found data for 2,301 adult African American men with and without major depressive episodes, representing a population size of 13,210,069.53 in the United States. Results. African American men with major depressive episodes were at higher risk for suicidal ideation and suicide planning than their counterparts without a major depressive episode. However, the two groups with and without major depressive episodes had equal risk chances for suicide attempts. Conclusions. A closer examination of suicide covariate variables among African American men with and without a major depressive episode furnishes critical distinctions between the two populations. This can facilitate more responsive, tailored suicide prevention strategies for the male African American population, especially among the at-risk male adults in this group with major depressive episodes.

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