This content is machine translated Suicide Dealing with trauma after suicide loss: What do bereaved people experience as effective? Every year, over 100 million people around the world are affected by suicide. Survivors often experience long-lasting, severe trauma and have an increased risk of mental illness and suicidal thoughts...…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated Subtype-specific risks and implications for neurological care Suicidal tendencies in dementia Although dementia is primarily associated with cognitive and functional decline, clinical practice is increasingly showing an increased risk of suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts and suicide death rates. Differences in the...…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Suicide Prevention Ending not life but suffering They do exist, effective suicide prevention measures. Because it is by no means the case that those affected want to die. You want to put an end to the unbearable…
View Post 12 min This content is machine translated Suicide Prevention Patients on the brink: an update. Suicidality is most often associated with mental illness, especially depression. Often suicidality “hides” behind somatic and other medical complaints. But a suicidal threat must be detected early and appropriate measures…
View Post 13 min This content is machine translated Suicide prevention in family practice. Actively reach out to those at risk Suicidality is most often associated with mental illness, especially depression. Often suicidality “hides” behind somatic and other medical complaints. Primary care physicians often occupy a key position in identifying suicidal…
View Post 2 min This content is machine translated Depression Ketamine for the treatment of suicidal patients The additional administration of ketamine clinically significantly (and statistically superior to midazolam) reduces suicidal ideation in depressed patients within 24 hours. It appears that this effect is partially independent of…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated SGAIM Spring Congress 2018, Basel Dealing with suicidal patients What are risk factors for suicide and how does the physician recognize in time whether his patient is at risk? The concept of the narrative interview is suitable for a…
View Post 8 min This content is machine translated Case report 15q13.3 deletion syndrome. Adolescent female patient with severe self-injury and persistent death wish Case report of a 16-year-old female patient who received intensive care for over a year due to persistent desire to die – both 1:1 care and restraint techniques and fixations…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Suicide prevention in practice What does the suicidal patient need? People often keep suicidal intentions to themselves. Clinical and personal risk factors play a role but are not the cause of suicidality. The approach to the suicidal patient lies in…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Suicide and suicide prevention More and more assisted suicides in Switzerland At this year’s congress of the Swiss Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGPP, August 2016, Basel), the motto was “Mental health from a generational perspective”. A problem that cuts across…
View Post 6 min This content is machine translated ECTRIMS Does a long-standing antibiotic reduce MS risk? The ECTRIMS Congress was held this year in Barcelona. Insights into research and recent data were presented, including a phase III trial testing the effect of an antibiotic after an…
