Growing Rate of Suicide in Teens: Assessment and Prevention

Topics: adolescents | Assessment | Risk | teens | Treatment planning

Clinicians treating children and adolescents regularly encounter patients with suicidal thoughts. And with rising rates of adolescent suicide and shrinking inpatient stays, we’re seeing more of these suicidal kids in our offices. This article examines some of the novel risk factors and offers management and prevention strategies for you to consider ut

Update: Is Watching 13 Reasons Why Bad for Teens?

Topics: Bullying | Contagion | Media | Prevention | Research Update | Risk | Suicidality | Suicide | teens

Review of: Niederkrotenthaler T et al, JAMA Psychiatry 2019. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.0922 Several studies have examined whether Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why is good or bad for teens. Results have been mixed. In the CCPR March/April 2019 issue, we reported a study finding that most suicidal ideation decreased after watching the first season of

How to Come Off a Psych Med Part 1: Antipsychotics

Topics: Citalopram | Escitalopram | Fluoxetine | Prozac | Risk | Serotonin Specific Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) | SSRIs | Violence

TCPR: There are a lot of books on deprescribing from the antipsychiatry movement, but your book seems to take a different approach.Dr. Gupta: The biggest difference is that the authors of this book all acknowledge that there is a place for psychotropic medications. They can be extremely beneficial for the patient in the right situation. My concern is wi