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Publications
- Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention
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A fact sheet of statistics on suicide with information on treatments and suicide prevention.
Date: 2009 - Looking at My Genes: What Can They Tell Me?
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A fact sheet containing frequently asked questions about genome scans and genetic testing.
Date: 2008 - Older Adults: Depression and Suicide Facts (Fact Sheet)
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A brief overview of the statistics on depression and suicide in older adults, with information on depression treatments and suicide prevention
Date: 2003
Science News
- Evidence-Based Prevention is Goal of Largest Ever Study of Suicide in the Military
- July 16, 2009 • Press Release
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has announced that an interdisciplinary team of four research institutions will carry out the largest study of suicide and mental health among military personnel ever undertaken, with $50 million in funding from the U.S. Army. Study investigators aim to move quickly to identify risk and protective factors for suicide among soldiers and provide a science base for effective and practical interventions to reduce suicide rates and address associated mental health problems. - Recovery Funds Will Support Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Training
- May 22, 2009 • Press Release
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to provide grant support for the completion of a project under way to evaluate the effectiveness of a new training program for telephone crisis counselors at suicide hotline centers. - Black Teens, Especially Girls, at High Risk for Suicide Attempts
- April 10, 2009 • Science Update
Black American teens, especially females, may be at high risk for attempting suicide even if they have never been diagnosed with a mental disorder, according to researchers funded in part by NIMH. Their findings, based on responses from adolescent participants in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), provide the first national estimates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (ideation) and suicide attempts in 13- to 17-year-old black youth in the United States. The study was published in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. - Suicidal Thinking May Be Predicted Among Certain Teens with Depression
- February 17, 2009 • Science Update
Certain circumstances may predict suicidal thinking or behavior among teens with treatment-resistant major depression who are undergoing second-step treatment, according to an analysis of data from an NIMH-funded study. The study was published online ahead of print February 17, 2009, in the American Journal of Psychiatry. - Getting Closer to Personalized Treatment for Teens with Treatment-resistant Depression
- February 11, 2009 • Science Update
Some teens with treatment-resistant depression are more likely than others to get well during a second treatment attempt of combination therapy, but various factors can hamper their recovery, according to an NIMH-funded study published online ahead of print February 4, 2009, in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Meeting Summaries
- Third Annual Meeting of the Developing Centers for the Intervention and Prevention of Suicide
- July 11, 2007 – July 12, 2007
Washington, DC
NIMH, NIDA, and NIAAA co-sponsored a meeting of the Developing Centers for the Intervention and Prevention of Suicide. - Are Endophenotypes for Genetic Studies of Suicidal Behavior within Reach?
- June 25, 2007 – June 26, 2007
New York, New York
This workshop was held to revisit the biological and behavioral underpinnings of suicidality. The meeting assembled leading researchers in suicide, neuroscience, genetics, epidemiology, imaging, and related fields to review promising findings, to discuss research gaps and opportunities, and to propose next steps toward the identification of relevant endophenotypes for suicidality. - Indigenous Suicide Prevention Research and Programs in Canada and the United States: Setting a Collaborative Agenda
- February 07, 2006 – February 09, 2006
Albuquerque, NM
In February 2006, a conference was convened to bring together representatives from research, service organizations, youth, community programs, and governments (across a range of countries, tribes, and villages) to share the most current information on Indigenous suicide, to find ways to foster communication and collaboration, and to form and support workgroups to bring substantive research and prevention efforts forward in a multi-year effort.
Director’s Updates
- NIMH Solicits Applications for Army Suicide Study
- January 09, 2009
NIMH has issued a request for applications (RFA) for a Collaborative Study of Suicidality and Mental Health in the U.S. Army.
