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Can We Really Prevent Suicide? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Every year, suicide is among the top 20 leading causes of death globally for all ages. Unfortunately, suicide is difficult to prevent, in large part because the prevalence of risk factors is high among the general population. In this review, clinical and
A Fagiolini   +111 more
core   +1 more source

Mental health literacy among primary healthcare workers in South Africa and Zambia

open access: yesBrain and Behavior, Volume 12, Issue 12, December 2022., 2022
Graphical Abstract Abstract Background In developing countries, mental health literacy (MHL) still needs to be improved due to the high prevalence of mental disorders. It is widely recognized that MHL can improve health outcomes for both individuals and populations.
Joonas Korhonen   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social factors and Australian farmer suicide: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2018
Background Farmers and farm workers have been recognised as a group at high risk of suicide in Australia; however this risk is not without geographic and demographic variation.
Meg Perceval   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suicide disparities across urban and suburban areas in the U.S.: A comparative assessment of socio-environmental factors using a data-driven predictive approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Disparity in suicide rates between urban and suburban/rural areas is growing, with rural areas typically witnessing higher suicide rates in the U.S. However, previous studies often ignored the effect of socio-environmental factors on the suicide rates and its regional disparity.
arxiv   +1 more source

Towards Suicide Prevention from Bipolar Disorder with Temporal Symptom-Aware Multitask Learning [PDF]

open access: yesKDD 2023: Proceedings of the 29th ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2023
Bipolar disorder (BD) is closely associated with an increased risk of suicide. However, while the prior work has revealed valuable insight into understanding the behavior of BD patients on social media, little attention has been paid to developing a model that can predict the future suicidality of a BD patient.
arxiv   +1 more source

Suicides in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: analysis of Queensland Suicide Register

open access: yesAustralian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2014
Objective: Suicide rates among Indigenous Australian children are higher than for other Australian children. The current study aimed to identify factors associated with Indigenous child suicide when compared to other Australian children.
Rebecca Soole   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The politics of LGBT+ suicide and suicide prevention in the UK:Risk, responsibility and rhetoric [PDF]

open access: yes, 2023
Suicide is a major public health concern, patterned by systematic inequalities, with lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people being one example of a minoritised group that is more likely to think about and attempt suicide worldwide.
Chandler, Amy   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Exosomes and their roles in the chemoresistance of pancreatic cancer

open access: yesCancer Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 24, Page 4979-4988, December 2022., 2022
Despite the development of multiple promising chemotherapeutic agents as recommended first‐line treatment for PC, the therapeutic efficacy is largely limited by unwanted drug resistance.Exploring the relation between exosomes and chemoresistance may be conducive to understanding molecular mechanisms and taking effective measures to reduce the ...
Yubin Pan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Detecting changes in help seeker conversations on a suicide prevention helpline during the COVID− 19 pandemic: in-depth analysis using encoder representations from transformers

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2022
Background Preventatives measures to combat the spread of COVID− 19 have introduced social isolation, loneliness and financial stress. This study aims to identify whether the COVID-19 pandemic is related to changes in suicide-related problems for help ...
Salim Salmi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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