More training is critical “The ability of primary care providers to identify suicidal patients and facilitate appropriate interventions may be one of the most important factors in any public ...
Posts by Category: Suicide and Health Care
Duty-related trauma
They work at the edge of life and death, firefighters along with others exposed to traumatic stress, among them soldiers and military veterans, paramedics and police officers. And if they are ...
Employee depression
How employee depression affects the bottom line As employers seek better ways to maximize workforce productivity and company-sponsored health benefits, considering the role of depression is ...
Employer health benefits
Milestone report A new groundbreaking report released in Dec. 2005 is a road map employers can use to examine current services and develop contracting requirements for effective behavioral health ...
Workplace depression
Depressed workers lose about 5.6 hours of productive time on the job each week, compared with 1.5 hours for workers who are not depressed, according to a June 2003 report in the Journal of the ...
Primary Care
Primary Care: A key to suicide prevention Suicidal patients. They’re passing through the offices of internists, family practitioners and other primary care providers (PCPs) in droves, often ...
Underdiagnosed, undertreated
FACT: Depression is not normal. It is a serious and potentially life-threatening illness with estimated costs of $44 billion annually in the U.S. FACT: Depression is a disorder that, much like ...
Physician education is key
Physician education in depression prevents suicide. So does restricting access to lethal means. This is borne out by a comprehensive review of research literature from 1966 to June 2005 for ...