Citation

Grunebaum MF. J. Clin. Psychiatry 2015; 76(3): e383-e384.

Affiliation

Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Box 42, 1051 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10032 mgruneb@nyspi.columbia.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Physicians Postgraduate Press)

DOI

10.4088/JCP.14com09421

PMID

25830466

Abstract

Suicide is the worst acute outcome in psychiatry, in part because it is preventable. Globally, nearly a million people die yearly by suicide, yet despite research and prevention efforts, global suicide rates have increased in the past half century, and the World Health Organization projects they will rise more in the years ahead. Suicide is overwhelmingly associated with mental illness, mostly depressive disorders, though substance use and psychotic disorders are also significant risks.

Language: en