Case Report of a 27-year-old Patient with Hair Dye Poisoning Causing Acute Kidney Injury by B Jeevan Kumar, Devaki Kondaveeti, G Mounika, P Saraswathi, P Dharani Prasad, T Gokul

“…Most suicides in India are brought on by ingesting poisons, with hair dye being the popular choice. …”
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Acute Enterovirus Encephalitis as a Cause for Isolated Visual and Auditory Hallucinations in a 22-Year-Old Patient by M. Deest, C. Eberlein, S. Bleich, H. Frieling, T. Skripuletz, A. Neyazi

“…During treatment, the symptoms deteriorated, and she hat to be shifted to the sheltered ward because of imperative suicidal auditory hallucinations. Under treatment with risperidone and olanzapine, symptoms suddenly stopped and did not reoccur under subsequent reduction of the antipsychotic medication.…”
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A Case Report of Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) for a Japanese Patient with Recurrent Depressive Disorder: The Importance of Layered Processes in CFT by Kenichi Asano, Eiji Shimizu

“…This report presents a case of compassion focused therapy for a Japanese female with major depressive disorder and suicidal feelings. After receiving compassion focused therapy, the patient recovered and began to have social interaction with others again. …”
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The effect of educational programs on parents’ knowledge, behavior, and practices regarding aluminum phosphide poisoning and its first-aid measures by Mabrouka Attia Ali Nada, Ahmed Kamal Eldin Elsayed Elfeky, Hamida Ahmed Mustafa Darweesh, Farida Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed, Loujain Saud Sharif, Faten Shawky Kandil, Fatma Ahmed Elsobky, Samah Abdallah Mohamed Amer

“…Results This study analyzed 98 cases of acute ALP poisoning, predominantly affecting females (67.3%) aged 16–18 years, with most incidents occurring in summer (51.1%) and rural areas (80.6%). Suicidal ingestion accounted for 86.7% of cases, and delays in hospital arrival were noted in 65.3%. …”
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Shifting to Trauma-Informed Care in Inpatient Psychiatry: A Case Study of an Individual with Dissociative PTSD Undergoing EMDR Therapy by Olga Winkler, Lisa Burback, Andrew J. Greenshaw, Jonathan Jin

“…Caring for patients with personality disorders can be challenging due to risks associated with suicidal ideation, homicidal threats, splitting, and acting out with problematic behavior in psychiatric inpatient units. …”
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Do not Just Blame the Gun: The Midwestern Insight into the Relationship between Gun Laws and Firearm Mortality by Martin Zilvar

“…Based on the conducted comparative analysis of five Midwestern states, selected according to the Most Similar Systems Design (MSSD) approach, the findings indicate that while firearm suicides operated as predicted, firearm homicides failed the empirical assumptions as the state with the most robust gun laws fell remarkably behind others. …”
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Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder with Gabapentin by Matej Markota, Robert J. Morgan

“…The patient discontinued benzodiazepines after more than 7 years of daily treatment which led to rebound anxiety, benzodiazepine withdrawal symptoms, and suicidal ideation. She was psychiatrically hospitalized and started on gabapentin. …”
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“When the war is over […] we will all enlist again” (The Lice): W.S. Merwin P(r)o(ph)etic by Hélène Aji

“…Merwin revises the figure of the poet into the ominous prophet of a programmed apocalypse, delivering in his poems the cryptic messages of a suicidal community of the human.…”
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Severe Anxiety Post-COVID-19 Infection by Maggie Driscoll, Jason Gu

“…COVID-19 infection is linked to increased risk of neuropsychiatric symptoms such as psychosis and suicidal ideation/behavior. After further review of the literature, there is not a large body of data on anxiety following COVID-19 infection. …”
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Withdrawal from Long-Term Use of Unusually High-Dose Oxazepam by Antti Mustonen, Juhani Leijala, Johanna Aronranta, Antero Lassila, Mauri Aalto, Janne Koskimäki

“…BZD withdrawal can cause complications including seizures, suicidal behavior, anxiety, and depression. Guidelines describe tapering protocols for modest doses; however, protocols for exceptionally high-dose BZD withdrawal are not well described. …”
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The Postfeminist Masquerade and the Cynical Male Gaze: The Disavowal of Sexual Difference in Lars von Trier’s Breaking the Waves by Tamas NAGYPAL

“…This article is a commentary on the Lacanian appropriation of Breaking the Waves by Slavoj Zizek, Frances Restuccia and others who argue that the film’s saintly heroine, Bess, performs an authentic feminine act paradoxically in her very suicidal over-identification with her husband’s male chauvinistic desire pressing her to have sex with other men, through which she successfully demonstrates the deadlock of sexual difference and subverts the phallic-masculine symbolic order. …”
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A Community-Based Walk-In Screening of Depression in Taiwan by Shu-Yu Tai, Tzu-Chiao Ma, Ling-Chun Wang, Yuan-Han Yang

“…Depression is a crucial public health problem because of its relatively high association with suicidal attempts, prolonged social isolation, poor physical health, and dementia. …”
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A novel approach to intraoperative diagnosis of primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease by Nethrani Sameera Wijesekara Pathirana, Hasitha Udayakumara, A S K Banagala, M R Sumanatilleke, A V T Damayanthi, S R Constantine, G W Katulanda, Z T M Thowfeek, T Sasikanth, S Pathmanathan

“…Here, we describe a case of ACTH-independent CS due to primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease (PPNAD) in a 33-year-old female patient with several complications of CS, including diabetes, hypertension, osteoporosis and severe depression with suicidal ideation. In this case, following the demonstration of ACTH independence of CS, it was challenging to localise the lesion as there were bilateral adrenal lesions. …”
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Clinical benefits of modifying the evening light environment in an acute psychiatric unit: A single-centre, two-arm, parallel-group, pragmatic effectiveness randomised controlled t... by Håvard Kallestad, Knut Langsrud, Melanie Rae Simpson, Cecilie Lund Vestergaard, Daniel Vethe, Kaia Kjørstad, Patrick Faaland, Stian Lydersen, Gunnar Morken, Ingvild Ulsaker-Janke, Simen Berg Saksvik, Jan Scott

“…Secondary outcomes were estimated mean differences in key clinical outcomes: Improvement during admission (The Clinical Global Impressions Scale-Improvement, CGI-I) and illness severity at discharge (CGI-S), aggressive behaviour during admission (Broset Violence Checklist, BVC), violent incidents (Staff Observation Aggression Scale-Revised, SOAS-R), side effects and patient satisfaction, probabilities of suicidality, need for supervision due to suicidality, and change from involuntary to voluntary admission. …”
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Effectiveness of antipsychotic medication in patients with schizophrenia in a real world retrospective observational study in Ethiopia by Mulualem Kelebie, Getasew Kibralew, Gebresilassie Tadesse, Gidey Rtbey, Mekidem aderaw, Wondale Endeshaw, Mitiku Belachew, Mulu Muche, Diemesew Getnet, Setegn Fentahun

“…Medication adherence, symptom relapse, and suicidal thoughts significantly impacted antipsychotic effectiveness in individuals with schizophrenia disorder.…”
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An approach to a geropsychiatric assessment by Sandeep Grover, Ajit Avasthi

“…This involves understanding the signs and symptoms [S], Additional Diagnosis- comorbid physical and psychiatric diagnosis [A], level of functioning, frailty, falls, forceful acts-abuse, forensic issues [F], collecting extra information pertaining to nutritional status, the environment in which the patient is living, constipation, urinary symptoms (incontinence/retention), and weight loss [E], understanding the ongoing stressors, suicidality, substance use disorder, sleep-related issues, sexual history, supervision of medication, safety issues, social support, spirituality and religiousness [S] and collecting the treatment history [T]. …”
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Electroconvulsive treatment of a patient with Parkinson’s disease and moderate depression by John Erik Berg

“…We have recently treated a resident patient in an acute psychiatric facility referred to the hospital with moderate depressive symptoms and strong suicidal ideation. Before and after a series of ECT he filled out the Beck Depression Inventory and the Antonovsky Sense of Coherence test. …”
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Harmonie, la critique d’un « totalitarisme mou » par un roman japonais by Thomas Michaud

“…Young girls oppose this system according to a suicidal and terrorist rhetoric urging them to fight against a liberticidal "medicracy". …”
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A Case of Cachexia Secondary to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder by Hailey L. Gosnell, Anita S. Kablinger

“…His resulting cachexia and eventual worsening of depression to the point of suicidality necessitated multiple inpatient stays and placement at a long-term mental health care facility.…”
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Phospholipid Adsorption Polymeric Materials for Detection of Xylazine and Metabolite in Blood and Urine by Xue Gao, Hao Guo, Chaokang Gu

“…Xylazine poisoning is often seen in body fluid samples obtained from various accidents or suicides. However, the content of xylazine is difficult to detect precisely due to matrix effect in testing practices. …”
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