Tag: suicide

Benzodiazepine use is common, with research estimating as many as 12.6% of US adults report past-year use. A 2019 study found significant increases in...

This week Mad in America examines three studies related to adverse effects of antidepressants. The first study finds that antidepressant use is linked to...

On the morning of April 29, representatives of 35 veterans’ service organizations (VSOs) gathered under cloudy skies on Capitol Hill for a press conference...

The conditions that create suicide are the same as those required for toxic leadership, toxic environments, and dysfunctional policies.

This week, Mad in America examines research around increased suicide risk in children and adolescents related to bullying in high-school and the use of...

From The Guardian: The son-in-law of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent killed himself after suffering adverse side-effects from antidepressants prescribed by a Buckingham Palace...

In an ideal world, the goal would be to have interconnected, trauma-informed, “helping” communities to prevent suicide in older adults.

Ghaemi’s article is more of a rant than a scientific commentary.

EDITOR’S CORNER If you’ve been following the news over the last week or so, you’ve likely read of Zoraya ter Beek, the young Dutch woman...

While the study can’t confirm causality, it does contradict the notion that antidepressants reduce suicide at the population level.

Researchers find that SSRIs increase suicide attempts up to age 24, and have no preventative effect at any age, even for those at high risk of suicide.

I’ll never forget standing beside my sister Lucy as she was strapped to a gurney during a midnight admission to an E.R. in Cambridge, Mass.

In a study of people with borderline personality disorder, only ADHD stimulants were associated with a decrease in suicide.

I learned at a young age that my suicidal thoughts and feelings would be met with panic and punishment from adults.

Researchers suggest that antidepressant withdrawal can be a possible precipitant of suicide.

It is with great sadness that we write about the loss of one of our colleagues from the psychiatric drug withdrawal community; Doctor Ed White.

Our approach is to openly care about our clients and empower them as much as possible. It's vital that clients know we care about their survival.

“Prescripticide”: The purpose of this informational video is to raise public awareness of this association between psychiatric drugs and violence/suicide.

Researchers again debunk the claim that the FDA black box warnings on antidepressants led to more suicides.

Bias and financial conflicts in antidepressant trials “contribute to systematic underestimation of risk in the published literature.”

There are quite a few books published about the lack of benefit and harm caused by so-called "antidepressants." Prescription for Sorrow, by Patrick Hahn, is simply the best one I have read.

When we have a strong urge to live, it must be very difficult to understand another person’s wish to die. So far, no one has been willing or able to “go there” with me.

Researchers investigate the claim that the introduction of antidepressant drugs led to decreases in suicide rates internationally.

Some suicidal people may only benefit from the extraordinary selflessness and profound empathy demonstrated by St. Paul to his jailer. Credentials don’t measure for that.

This piece is the second of a two-part essay about suicide, diagnosis, what doesn't help, and what does help. This part is about barriers to seeking help and about the ways we actually can be of help to people who are considering suicide.