Medscape (2/4, McNamara, Subscription Publication) reports researchers found in “a large, population-based study of more than 7 million individuals” that “a small but significant increase in the risk for death by suicide occurs in the months immediately following diagnosis of specific neurologic disorders.” The researchers found that “patients diagnosed with a severe neurologic disorder were four to five times more likely to die by suicide compared to the general population.” The findings were published in JAMA.
MedPage Today (2/4, George) reports over a period of 37 years, “the suicide rate for people with a neurologic disorder was 44.0 per 100,000 person-years, compared with 20.1 per 100,000 person years for all other people.”
Related Links:
— “New Data Rank Neurologic Diagnoses by Suicide Risk, “Damian McNamara, Medscape, February 4, 2020