I’ve had a nice response to the brief commentary I posted in conjunction with a link to the NY Times article about means restriction. In light of that, I thought I’d post a link to the a site called Means Matter, which is published by the Harvard Injury Control Research Center. The site has summary [...]
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Means restriction and impulsivity in fantastic NY Times piece
September 8, 2008
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I have mentioned quite a few NY Times articles in this blog because I think they cover suicide really well. Last month they published a piece in the NY Times Magazine that I keep recommending to people in informal and clinical discussions, so I thought I’d link to it here. Many thanks to my colleague [...]
Read more“Trusting” a person at risk who agrees to transport self
September 2, 2008
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A colleague forwarded me the following excellent question posted to a listserv: One question that has been raised is how to handle an individual who reports willingness to voluntarily go to the ER for psychiatric assessment. Since trusting a questionably unstable and suicidal individual to present for treatment opens our agency and the patient up [...]
Read moreTeaching and learning at New York State psychiatric facilities
April 28, 2008
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I’ve returned from a fascinating series of trips to two New York State psychiatric facilities (St. Lawrence Psychiatric and Pilgrim Psychiatric), as part of a project I’m working on with the Office of Mental Health. I learned a great deal from talking about suicide risk with over 500 clinicians from a variety of disciplines and [...]
Read morePossible contagion effect in Nantucket
March 18, 2008
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The small island of Nantucket, MA has seen 3 teen suicides in a short period of time, according to the New York Times. Very sad. Statistically, three suicides in a high school of 400 represents a meaningful cluster, and a possible contagion effect. Whether it is or it isn’t contagion in Nantucket (it [...]
Read moreCaine quoted in N.Y. Times Article on Midlife Suicide
February 19, 2008
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Eric Caine, the chair of our Psychiatry department and co-director of the Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, was quoted in a N.Y. Times article last week chronicling an increase in midlife suicides.
Read moreNY Times: Making Sense of the Great Suicide Debate
February 11, 2008
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N.Y. Times has done it again. A nice article taking a step back from the current flurry of news and discovery about the relationship between anti-depressants and suicide.
Read moreDeath and suicide on the web
January 17, 2008
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A friend pointed me to an article (found via a post at Think Christian) titled, “The Web Is The Worst Place to Grieve.” The article, published in a conservative-libertarian magazine, describes several examples of real and feigned suicides that have been blogged on the web. Blogging had made possible public suicide notes. The article is [...]
Read moreWord is getting out about suicide and antidepressants
January 8, 2008
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We’re seeing more public awareness of the nuances in the research about suicide and antidepressants, which I’ve posted about before. This NEW YORK TIMES article is an example. Caution, Not Panic, Seen After Drug Warnings
Read moreNew York Times article about elder suicide
November 27, 2007
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The New York Times does a good job raising public awareness about suicide prevention. Today, they’ve published an article bout suicide in older adults. Read the full article here.
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