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Suicide

MedGen UID:
21386
Concept ID:
C0038661
Finding
Synonym: Suicides
SNOMED CT: Suicide (44301001)

Definition

The act of ending one''s own life. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nierenberg AA, Agustini B, Köhler-Forsberg O, Cusin C, Katz D, Sylvia LG, Peters A, Berk M
JAMA 2023 Oct 10;330(14):1370-1380. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.18588. PMID: 37815563
Hughes JL, Horowitz LM, Ackerman JP, Adrian MC, Campo JV, Bridge JA
BMJ 2023 Apr 24;381:e070630. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070630. PMID: 37094838
Walter HJ, Bukstein OG, Abright AR, Keable H, Ramtekkar U, Ripperger-Suhler J, Rockhill C
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2020 Oct;59(10):1107-1124. Epub 2020 May 18 doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2020.05.005. PMID: 32439401

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Motillon-Toudic C, Walter M, Séguin M, Carrier JD, Berrouiguet S, Lemey C
Eur Psychiatry 2022 Oct 11;65(1):e65. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2320. PMID: 36216777Free PMC Article
Chin K, Wendt A, Bennett IM, Bhat A
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2022 Apr;24(4):239-275. Epub 2022 Apr 2 doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01334-3. PMID: 35366195Free PMC Article
Kučukalić S, Kučukalić A
Psychiatr Danub 2017 Dec;29(Suppl 5):895-899. PMID: 29283986
Kenedi C, Friedman SH, Watson D, Preitner C
Aerosp Med Hum Perform 2016 Apr;87(4):388-96. doi: 10.3357/AMHP.4474.2016. PMID: 27026123
Large M, Ryan C, Walsh G, Stein-Parbury J, Patfield M
Australas Psychiatry 2014 Apr;22(2):118-21. Epub 2013 Nov 27 doi: 10.1177/1039856213511277. PMID: 24288381

Diagnosis

Chin K, Wendt A, Bennett IM, Bhat A
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2022 Apr;24(4):239-275. Epub 2022 Apr 2 doi: 10.1007/s11920-022-01334-3. PMID: 35366195Free PMC Article
Benton TD, Muhrer E, Jones JD, Lewis J
Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 2021 Apr;30(2):389-399. Epub 2021 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2020.10.008. PMID: 33743946
Park CHK, Lee JW, Lee SY, Moon J, Jeon DW, Shim SH, Cho SJ, Kim SG, Lee J, Paik JW, Kim MH, You S, Jeon HJ, Rhee SJ, Kim MJ, Kim J, Ahn YM
J Psychiatr Res 2020 Dec;131:1-8. Epub 2020 Aug 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.08.018. PMID: 32891923
Halicka J, Kiejna A
Adv Clin Exp Med 2018 Feb;27(2):257-261. doi: 10.17219/acem/66353. PMID: 29521070
Stefenson A, Titelman D
Crisis 2016 May;37(3):224-31. Epub 2016 Feb 2 doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000372. PMID: 26831212

Therapy

Rhee TG, Shim SR, Forester BP, Nierenberg AA, McIntyre RS, Papakostas GI, Krystal JH, Sanacora G, Wilkinson ST
JAMA Psychiatry 2022 Dec 1;79(12):1162-1172. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.3352. PMID: 36260324Free PMC Article
Zhou X, Teng T, Zhang Y, Del Giovane C, Furukawa TA, Weisz JR, Li X, Cuijpers P, Coghill D, Xiang Y, Hetrick SE, Leucht S, Qin M, Barth J, Ravindran AV, Yang L, Curry J, Fan L, Silva SG, Cipriani A, Xie P
Lancet Psychiatry 2020 Jul;7(7):581-601. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30137-1. PMID: 32563306Free PMC Article
Tang D, Li H, Chen L
Adv Exp Med Biol 2019;1130:109-128. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-6123-4_7. PMID: 30915704
Fazel S, Hayes AJ, Bartellas K, Clerici M, Trestman R
Lancet Psychiatry 2016 Sep;3(9):871-81. Epub 2016 Jul 14 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30142-0. PMID: 27426440Free PMC Article
Zalsman G, Hawton K, Wasserman D, van Heeringen K, Arensman E, Sarchiapone M, Carli V, Höschl C, Barzilay R, Balazs J, Purebl G, Kahn JP, Sáiz PA, Lipsicas CB, Bobes J, Cozman D, Hegerl U, Zohar J
Lancet Psychiatry 2016 Jul;3(7):646-59. Epub 2016 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30030-X. PMID: 27289303

Prognosis

Ray JG, Zipursky J, Park AL
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2018 Sep;219(3):307-308. Epub 2018 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2018.05.025. PMID: 29852158
Zaorsky NG, Churilla TM, Egleston BL, Fisher SG, Ridge JA, Horwitz EM, Meyer JE
Ann Oncol 2017 Feb 1;28(2):400-407. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdw604. PMID: 27831506Free PMC Article
Christodoulou C, Douzenis A, Papadopoulos FC, Papadopoulou A, Bouras G, Gournellis R, Lykouras L
Acta Psychiatr Scand 2012 Feb;125(2):127-46. Epub 2011 Aug 13 doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01750.x. PMID: 21838741
Schaffer SB, Hebert AF
J La State Med Soc 2000 Dec;152(12):590-6. PMID: 11191021
Mościcki EK
Suicide Life Threat Behav 1995 Spring;25(1):22-35. PMID: 7631373

Clinical prediction guides

Pachkowski MC, May AM, Tsai M, Klonsky ED
Suicide Life Threat Behav 2019 Dec;49(6):1721-1734. Epub 2019 May 10 doi: 10.1111/sltb.12556. PMID: 31074006
Warden S, Spiwak R, Sareen J, Bolton JM
Arch Suicide Res 2014;18(4):313-26. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2013.824829. PMID: 24884399
Costanza A, D'Orta I, Perroud N, Burkhardt S, Malafosse A, Mangin P, La Harpe R
Int J Legal Med 2014 Jan;128(1):73-82. Epub 2013 Feb 22 doi: 10.1007/s00414-013-0835-6. PMID: 23430141
Eisenberg D, Gollust SE, Golberstein E, Hefner JL
Am J Orthopsychiatry 2007 Oct;77(4):534-42. doi: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.534. PMID: 18194033
Maris RW
Lancet 2002 Jul 27;360(9329):319-26. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)09556-9. PMID: 12147388

Recent systematic reviews

Yan Y, Hou J, Li Q, Yu NX
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2023 Feb 14;20(4) doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043346. PMID: 36834037Free PMC Article
Farooq S, Tunmore J, Wajid Ali M, Ayub M
Psychiatry Res 2021 Dec;306:114228. Epub 2021 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114228. PMID: 34670162Free PMC Article
Mann JJ, Michel CA, Auerbach RP
Am J Psychiatry 2021 Jul;178(7):611-624. Epub 2021 Feb 18 doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.20060864. PMID: 33596680Free PMC Article
Dutheil F, Aubert C, Pereira B, Dambrun M, Moustafa F, Mermillod M, Baker JS, Trousselard M, Lesage FX, Navel V
PLoS One 2019;14(12):e0226361. Epub 2019 Dec 12 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226361. PMID: 31830138Free PMC Article
Zalsman G, Hawton K, Wasserman D, van Heeringen K, Arensman E, Sarchiapone M, Carli V, Höschl C, Barzilay R, Balazs J, Purebl G, Kahn JP, Sáiz PA, Lipsicas CB, Bobes J, Cozman D, Hegerl U, Zohar J
Lancet Psychiatry 2016 Jul;3(7):646-59. Epub 2016 Jun 8 doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30030-X. PMID: 27289303

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