NHS Lothian has been ordered to assess the risk of ligature points in rooms at its acute psychiatric hospital after an ...

Researchers at Touro University have found that an AI tool identified suicide risk that standard diagnostic tools missed. The ...

In the first post of this series, I introduced a Framework to Guide Suicide Assessment based on the Four Core Principles used by 988 centers nationwide. In Part Two, I then explored how to gather ...

Suicide remains a major public health crisis, claiming the lives of approximately 14.2 per 100,000 Americans annually. Despite its prevalence, many individuals who die by suicide have interacted with ...

Supporting clients at risk of suicide is one of the most stressful and challenging aspects of clinical practice. The responsibility of ensuring a client’s safety, while recognizing that their actions ...

In the ongoing effort to reduce the number of veterans who die by suicide, a new study identifies key factors that predict ...

Doctors conducted suicide risk assessments for 42% of patients flagged by interruptive alerts, compared with only 4% with passive alerts. The team conducted a study testing the Vanderbilt Suicide ...

Depression in young adulthood has a stronger hereditary component and is associated with a higher risk of suicide attempts than depression that begins ...

An experimental program for people in jail tested by researchers from Brown and Michigan State reduced the number of suicide attempts by more than ...