Turecki2016 - Suicide and suicidal behaviour

• Type:#article
• Date read: 2023-03-02
• Subject: Suicide
• Bibtex: @turecki2016
• Bibliography: Turecki, G., & Brent, D. A. (2016). Suicide and suicidal behaviour. The Lancet, 387(10024), 1227–1239. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00234-2

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Key takeaways §

• Around half of people who die by suicide have an appointment with a primary care doctor within 1 month of death
  • One month before suicide, 44% of individuals have contact with primary care
  • In the year prior to suicide, 80% of individuals have contact with primary care
• Suicide rates of immigrants are more closely correlated with their country of origin than with their adoptive country (ref 5)
• The transmission of suicidal behaviour in families is likely mediated through the transmission of impulsive aggression (ref 4, 33)
• Prevention reviews ref 100-103
• Refs 17, 141 for “detailed discussions of the psychology of suicide and suicide prevention”

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Till Moa §

• Method of previous suicide attempt
• Repeated hospital admissions due to self-harm
• Ambivalence, worthlessness, helplessness, hopelessness

Interventions §

• Individual-level intervention to encourage safe storage of hazardous items (pesticides, firearms)
• maintaining follow-up with people who present to an emergency department after a suicide attempt (ref 116)
  • Follow-up case management and encouragement of adherence showed 0.2% suicide rate versus 2.2% with usual care (ref 117)
• Prescriptions of SSRI are inversely correlated with national and regional suicide rates (ref 124). Same for lithium, clozapine
• Ref 136, 137, 138, 139, 140 for psychological treatments