HealthDay (12/13, Reinberg) reported, “People who wind up in emergency” departments (EDs) “because they tried to kill themselves or contemplated it had a much higher risk of suicide within the year of the visit,” researchers concluded in a study that included “more than 85,000 people who had attempted suicide; over 67,000 who had thoughts of suicide; and a control group of nearly 500,000 people who went to an” ED “but had no suicide-related thoughts or problems.” The study revealed that “those who attempted suicide were 57 times more likely to kill themselves in the following year compared to the general public,” while “people with suicidal thoughts seen in the” ED “were 31 times more likely to try suicide in the ensuing year.” The findings were published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Network Open.
Related Links:
— “ER Visits for Attempted Suicide Greatly Raise Odds for Future Tragedy, ” Steven Reinberg, HealthDay, December 13, 2019