Tag archives for Suicide
The Elderly: Insomnia, Depression, and Suicide Risk. Part 3
Posted By Kelly On Wednesday, December 22nd 2010 under: Disorders Tags: Depression, Elderly, Insomnia, Pharmacotherapy, Suicide
General Principles of Pharmacologic Intervention
A thorough history, physical examination, and basic laboratory studies are important to fully evaluate the patient and rule out medical and medication-related causes of insomnia and depression. Additionally, the selection of the appropriate antidepressant medication (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants , monoamine oxidase inhibitors, or atypical antidepressants), adequate dosages, and a sufficient trial period are imperative in the treatment of depression in the elderly. ... Read More
Drug Use In Assisted Suicide And Euthanasia
Posted By Kelly On Saturday, March 13th 2010 under: Book review Tags: Drugs, Medications, Suicide
Editors: Margaret P. Battin, Arthur G. Lipman
Pharmaceutical Products Press, 10 Alice St, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580 USA
1996/360 pp
Balanced discussion of a controversial topic
Overall Rating
Very good
Strengths
Balanced discussion of ethical, personal, legal, and pharmaceutical aspects of assisted suicide and euthanasia
Audience
All those (potentially) involved in decision making regarding assisted suicide and euthanasia
It is generally assumed that death by assisted suicide or euthanasia is to be caused by lethal doses of drugs, not guns or ... Read More
SSRI (Prozac – fluoxetine) Use and Suicidal Behavior
Posted By Kelly On Tuesday, December 15th 2009 under: Prozac (Fluoxetine) Tags: Antidepressants, Drugs, Prozac, Suicide
There has been continuing speculation about a relationship between fluoxetine (Prozac) use and increased suicidal behavior since six cases were reported in 1990, which were followed by several other similar case reports. However, subsequent retrospective analyses of large patient samples, surveys of psychiatrists, and re-analysis of many clinical studies of fluoxetine and other newer antidepressant drugs failed to find such a relationship.
In 1999, Leon et al. reported a prospective, naturalistic ... Read More
Risk Management with Suicidal Patients
Posted By Kelly On Saturday, November 28th 2009 under: Book review Tags: Depression, Drugs, Mental health, Suicide
Risk Management with Suicidal Patients
Bongar B, Berman AL, Mavis RW, Silverman MM, Harris EA, Pakman WL, editors
New York: The Guilford Press; 1998.197 pp with index
ISBN 1-57230-302-6 (cloth)
This book was written in response to the fact that most psychiatrists lose a patient to suicide sometime during their professional life. Suicide cases are a leading reason for malpractice action against mental health professionals. Dr. Bongar begins ... Read More
Suicide: Right or Wrong?
Posted By Kelly On Monday, November 16th 2009 under: Book review Tags: Mental Disorder, Mental health, Suicide
Edited by John Donnelly
Contemporary Issues in Philosophy; series editors, Robert M. Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum. 212 pp
Prometheus Books, Buffalo, NY. 1990
ISBN 0-87975-595-4
This book is a collection of essays on suicide. There are three sections, dealing with background history, definitions, and the rationality and morality of suicide. John Donnelly, the editor, has written a 16-page introduction. It is very short and can act only as a guide toward what to ... Read More
The Elderly: Insomnia, Depression, and Suicide Risk. Part 2
Posted By Kelly On Monday, November 9th 2009 under: Disorders Tags: Depression, Elderly, Insomnia, Pharmacotherapy, Suicide
Depression, Morbidity, and Suicide Risk
Why is it so important to assess the risk for depression in a senior with insomnia who may not feel comfortable with the subject or who feels stigmatized by self-reporting a depressed mood? As mentioned earlier, a depressive disorder is among the most common causes for sleep disturbances in the elderly. Furthermore, depression is one of the most common psychiatric disorders among the elderly, with ... Read More
The Elderly: Insomnia, Depression, and Suicide Risk. Part 1
Posted By Kelly On Monday, November 9th 2009 under: Disorders Tags: Depression, Elderly, Insomnia, Pharmacotherapy, Suicide
The notion that aging is a multifactorial process is commonly accepted. Many of the age-related changes that occur in a senior's nervous system have an impact on the function of sleep. In the elderly, sleeping difficulties often occur in conjunction with depression. Because depression raises the risk of suicide in this population, it is important for pharmacists to question their elderly patients about sleeping difficulties.
Sleep Difficulties Increase With Aging
Complaints ... Read More
Handbook of Depression
Posted By Kelly On Tuesday, October 6th 2009 under: Book review Tags: Antidepressant, Books, Depression, Medications, Prozac, Suicide
Handbook of Depression. Second Edition
EE Beckham, WR Leber, editors
New York: Guilford Press; 1995. 628 p
This multiauthor book is edited by E Edward Beckham, PhD, and William R Leber, PhD, both associate professors in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Oklahoma University. Its 628 pages contain 5 sections and 2 appendices: 1) Defining the Boundaries of Depression (epidemiology, diagnostic classification, assessment of severity and symptom patterns, and relations to ... Read More