Healio (3/4, Gramigna) reports, “Suicide risk is higher at night than any other time of day,” investigators concluded in a study that “found no significant variation in this risk by method, month or demographic characteristics.” For the study, the study team “collected time, date, method and demographic information for 35,338 suicides included in the National Violent Death Reporting System between 2003 and 2010,” then “compared the estimated hourly proportion of the population awake from the American Time Use Survey for 2003 to 2010 with the time of fatal injury, which was grouped into one-hour bins.” The study revealed that “across all months and methods, risk for suicide was higher at night.” The findings were published online Feb. 25 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

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— “Suicide risk significantly elevated at night, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, March 4, 2020

Psychiatric News (3/4) reports, “The risk of suicide among physicians who are women appears to be higher than women in the general population,” investigators concluded. Investigators “found that women physicians were 46% more likely than women in the general population to die by suicide.” In contrast, “men physicians were 33% less likely than men in the general population to die by suicide.” The findings of the nine-study meta-analysis and systematic review were published online March 4 in JAMA Psychiatry.

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— “Meta-Analysis Spotlights Challenge of Physician Suicide, Psychiatric News, March 4, 2020

Health Exec (2/28, Baxter) reported on the fifth annual healthcare industry survey from InCrowd, in which “physicians cited affordability and access to healthcare as the top concerns for the industry.” In addition, “they’re more concerned about these issues in 2020 compared to 2019.” InCrowd “polled 200 generalists and specialists between Dec. 30, 2019 and Jan. 2, 2020.”

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— “Affordability, access are top healthcare concerns for physicians, “Amy Baxter, Health Exec, February 28, 2020

HealthDay (3/3, Preidt) reports, “Teens who are bullied about their weight are at increased risk for alcohol or marijuana use – and this is especially true for girls,” researchers concluded after surveying “more than 1,300 students at five public middle schools in Connecticut.” The findings were published online Feb. 10 in the journal Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.

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— “Being Bullied About Weight May Raise Risk of Drug Use, “Robert Preidt, HealthDay, March 3, 2020

Healio (3/3, Gramigna) reports, “A telephonic work-focused counseling program added to integrated care improved veterans’ psychiatric and occupational outcomes, which reduced obstacles in civilian life,” researchers concluded after testing “whether integrated telephonic work-focused counseling, known as Be Well at Work…combined with the VHA integrated care program is superior to integrated care alone for improving depression and occupational functioning.” Included in the randomized study were 253 veterans. The findings were published online Feb. 28 in JAMA Network Open.

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— “Telemedicine intervention plus integrated care improves outcomes of veterans with depression, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, March 3, 2020