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By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter HEALTHDAY One out of every five adults who attempt suicide never met the criteria for a mental illness by the time the attempt happened, new research shows. “This finding challenges clinical notions of who is at risk for suicidal behavior and raises questions about the safety of limiting suicide risk screening to psychiatric populations,” concluded a team ##988SuicideandCrisisLifeline ##Adults ##Americans ##Anxiety ##CelebratingYourGiftofLife ##Depression ##Doctor ##Doctors ##MentalIllness ##Psychiatric ##SuicidalBehavior ##Suicide ##SuicideAttempts ##SuicideRisk ##USCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention ##YourGiftofLife ##YourGiftofLifeorg

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter HEALTHDAY One out of every five adults who attempt suicide never met the criteria for a mental illness by the time the attempt happened, new research shows. “This finding challenges clinical notions of who is at risk for suicidal behavior and raises questions about the safety of limiting suicide risk screening to psychiatric populations,” concluded a team ##988SuicideandCrisisLifeline ##Adults ##Americans ##Anxiety ##CelebratingYourGiftofLife ##Depression ##Doctor ##Doctors ##MentalIllness ##Psychiatric ##SuicidalBehavior ##Suicide ##SuicideAttempts ##SuicideRisk ##USCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention ##YourGiftofLife ##YourGiftofLifeorg

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter HEALTHDAY One out of every five adults who attempt suicide never met the criteria for a mental illness by the time the attempt happened, new research shows. “This finding challenges clinical notions of who is at risk for suicidal behavior and raises questions about the safety of limiting suicide risk screening to psychiatric populations,” concluded a team ##988SuicideandCrisisLifeline ##Adults ##Americans ##Anxiety ##CelebratingYourGiftofLife ##Depression ##Doctor ##Doctors ##MentalIllness ##Psychiatric ##SuicidalBehavior ##Suicide ##SuicideAttempts ##SuicideRisk ##USCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention ##YourGiftofLife ##YourGiftofLifeorg

By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter HEALTHDAY One out of every five adults who attempt suicide never met the criteria for a mental illness by the time the attempt happened, new research shows. “This finding challenges clinical notions of who is at risk for suicidal behavior and raises questions about the safety of limiting suicide risk screening to psychiatric populations,” concluded a team ##988SuicideandCrisisLifeline ##Adults ##Americans ##Anxiety ##CelebratingYourGiftofLife ##Depression ##Doctor ##Doctors ##MentalIllness ##Psychiatric ##SuicidalBehavior ##Suicide ##SuicideAttempts ##SuicideRisk ##USCentersforDiseaseControlandPrevention ##YourGiftofLife ##YourGiftofLifeorg

Something very wrong is happening with psychiatry. This is the story of a 28-year-old woman in the Netherlands, diagnosed with autism, borderline personality disorder, and depression who heard from her psychiatrist, "There’s nothing more we can do for you. It’s never gonna get any better”, and who is expecting to end her life by euthanasia in May. The fact is that persons with these three diagnoses (autism, borderline personality disorder, depression) can get better with evidence-based treatments/interventions. A commentary by an ethicist: “I’m seeing euthanasia as some sort of acceptable option brought to the table by physicians, by psychiatrists, when previously it was the ultimate last resort. I see the phenomenon especially in people with psychiatric diseases, and especially young people with psychiatric disorders, where the healthcare professional seems to give up on them more easily than before.” You never give up on a patient. These psychiatrists should leave the profession.

It’s a sad, sad commentary on those who claim to help, but clearly they are not. Collectively and individually we can do better, we can be better. I suggest shifting away from mainstream’s pathogenic methods and deficit-focused approaches and embrace salutogenic themes. People have the capacity to heal, recover, and build toward resilience if we would just recognize and affirm their capabilities and show them how to access them. #aztrauma #traumainformedcare #resiliency #salutogenics

ACAMH Featured Paper from the JCPP A network approach to the investigation of childhood irritability: probing frustration using social stimuli ACAMH members can read the full paper: https://bit.ly/3tWm6eS 'Self-regulation in early childhood develops within a social context. Variations in such development can be attributed to inter-individual behavioral differences, which can be captured both as facets of temperament and across a normal:abnormal dimensional spectrum. With increasing emphasis on irritability as a robust early-life transdiagnostic indicator of broad psychopathological risk, linkage to neural mechanisms is imperative. Currently, there is inconsistency in the identification of neural circuits that underlie irritability in children, especially in social contexts. This study aimed to address this gap by utilizing a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) paradigm to investigate pediatric anger/frustration using social stimuli.' Author(s): Khalil I. Thompson, Clayton J. Schneider, Justin A. Lopez-Roque, Susan B. Perlman, Helmet T. Karim, Lauren S. Wakschlag #Psychology #Psychiatry #CAMH #CAMHS #Science #Research #Academic #MentalHealth #MentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthMatters #MentalHealthAwareness

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A world-first review into youth mental health describes a lack of action as a "scandal" that is having big implications for the health, wellbeing and productivity of young people. The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on youth mental health, a major publication led by Orygen and developed by a global consortium of world-leading experts, is now live. As the first-ever publication of this scope, it covers: * Megatrends driving the rise of mental ill-health * The urgent need for action * Evidence-based solutions to pave a way forward. Read more from Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on this important review: https://lnkd.in/gbBvNF9c