Healio (6/6, Adams) reports, “In a survey of psychiatrically hospitalized youth, more than half of participants reported their most recent suicide attempt occurred in the evening and night,” leading researchers to conclude that “the diurnal variation in suicidal ideation points to the need for increased support in the later hours of the day to decrease youth suicide risk.” Included in the study were a sample of “61 participants with a mean age of 13 years who were recruited mostly from a partial hospital setting” and another sample of “165 youth with a mean age of 14 years who were on the inpatient units of the psychiatric hospital.” The findings were presented at the SLEEP meeting. Medscape (6/6, Brooks, Subscription Publication) also covers the study.
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