Self-reported nightmares among patients seeking emergency psychiatric evaluation appear to be an excellent forecaster of elevated suicidal symptoms. Results indicate that severe ...

When mothers become infected with influenza during their pregnancy, it may increase the risk for schizophrenia in their offspring. Influenza ...

Sleeping tablets have been associated with a four-fold increase in suicide risk in the elderly. Researchers writing in the open ...

A new study finds that reducing the number of beds available in public psychiatric hospitals is associated with increased suicide rates -- ...

Children and teens in families who move often appear to be at higher risk for suicide, ...

A review of a government decision to issue a warning for children taking antidepressants suggests unintended consequences. Government warnings about suicidality among children ...

Danish children who move frequently appear to have an increased risk of attempted or completed suicide between ages 11 and 17. Changes ...

Although teen depression poses a widespread problem for which proven treatments exist, few depressed teens receive any care. Why don’t they ...

According to a report presented at the American Psychiatric Association meeting, borderline personality disorder may be underdiagnosed -- at least initially. In the presentation, David Meyerson of DePaul University in Chicago reported on an evaluation ...

As surprising as it may seem, very low levels of lithium in drinking water may help prevent suicide in the general population. The new ...