Tag: physician suicide

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Preventing physician suicide – American Medical AssociationSeptember 17, 2021Physicians are at higher risk for suicide and thoughts of suicide than those in the general population. Among physicians, thoughts of suicide […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: How Suicides At A Top New York Attraction May Change What We’ll Do For A View – ForbesJanuary 15, 2021*Method warning* The ‘Vessel’, a New York City structure and tourist […]

Hello Friends, Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found in the last few weeks: Featured:Christmas is not always merry for LGBTQ youth, says Saskatoon psychiatrist – CBCDecember 23, 2020Dr. Sara Dungavell, a psychiatrist in Saskatoon, said that the holidays […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Solemn vigil marks another year of transgender lives lost – The SignalNovember 20, 2020Transgender Day of Remembrance, November 20, is a day to remember transgender people who have died as […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Calgary woman running for mental health awareness, after partner’s death – CTV NewsOctober 6, 2020Andrea Gordon, who lost partner David Quistberg to suicide in June, ran everyday in September for […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Medicine Hat’s suicide numbers are on pace to double last year’s – Medicine Hat NewsOctober 3, 2020Medicine Hat, Alberta, had 5 suicides in 2019: 3 male, 2 female. So far […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: On National Physician Suicide Awareness Day, A Story Of Survival – ForbesSeptember 17, 2020National Physician Suicide Awareness Day took place in the US on Sept. 17. 300-400 physicians in the US […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian (🇨🇦) and international suicide research we collected in the past month: Opara, I., et al. (2020). Suicide among black children: An integrated model of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide and intersectionality theory for researchers and clinicians. Journal of Black Studies. 1-21. doi.org/10.1177/0021934720935641An important study of the rise […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Fiddler walking from La Ronge to Regina to protest suicide prevention bill rejection – Humboldt JournalJuly 6, 2020Métis fiddler Tristen Durocher is leading a group of protesters from La Ronge to […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week:The life-saving lesson suicidal people can teach a world in pandemic – USA TodayMay 23, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has led to negative mental health outcomes for some, and especially those who are […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Is the Pandemic Sparking Suicide? – New York TimesMay 19, 2020Though we won’t know for several months if the suicide rate has increased as a result of the negative mental health […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Buddy up for men’s suicide prevention – Centre for Suicide PreventionMay 11, 2020Centre for Suicide Prevention is excited to announce a new men’s suicide prevention campaign: Buddy Up. This campaign was […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured:Hope, belonging, meaning and purpose – Centre for Suicide PreventionMay 4, 2020We are hearing a lot about mental health promotion these days. Self-care, reaching out to others, maintaining your routine … […]

This is a summary of the latest significant Canadian (🇨🇦) and international suicide research we collected in the past month: Special Research The following two articles do not address suicide or suicidal behaviours directly, but they do examine psychological adversities encountered as a result of epidemic outbreaks (this is timely research considering our current COVID-19 […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: How managers can help employees with mental health issues – CNNMarch 6, 2020Managers have a role to play in preventing suicide and promoting mental health. They are in the position to […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Student’s suicide at time of growing awareness about mental health of medical students, doctors – Ottawa CitizenDecember 15, 2019Awareness for mental health resources on post-secondary campuses is growing, and earlier this […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week:‘I Wanted to Die:’ Northern Ireland Confronts a Suicide Crisis – New York TimesDecember 1, 2019*Method warning* In 2017, Northern Ireland had a suicide rate of 18.6 per 100,000 (Canada has a […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Suicide attempts by black teens are increasing, study says – CNNOctober 14, 2019From 1991 to 2017, the suicide rate for African American teenagers rose as the rate for teenagers in other […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: From youth in segregation to first-time home buyers: Six data gaps Globe readers have encountered – Globe and MailMay 6, 2019There are gaps in data collection that affect suicide and its […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: CSP and CMHA Edmonton to host the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Conference – Centre for Suicide PreventionMarch 25, 2019We’re pleased to announce that we will be co-hosting the 30th annual […]

Hello Friends, Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Featured: Calgary Herald Christmas Fund 2018 campaign raises close to $750,000 – Calgary Herald March 15, 2019We were honoured by the Calgary Herald this year by being one of the twelve […]

Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: Researchers to shed light on high Prairie suicide rates – Winnipeg Free PressFebruary 23, 2019A team of researchers from Brandon University and the University of Manitoba are studying suicide in the […]

Hello Friends, Every day we scan news headlines and social media for items of interest to the field of suicide prevention. Here’s what we found last week: ‘If I take my life’: Veteran’s suicide over weekend revives calls for ‘epidemic’ to be addressed – Globe and Mail June 3, 2018 This past weekend, veteran George Curtis, […]