Relative change from 2016 to 2019 varied from −52.0 percent in Mississippi to −6.9 percent in New Hampshire
Easy access to over-the-counter medications may play a role in their use for suspected suicides
Unmet social needs include family-level food insecurity, financial worry about housing costs and other monthly bills, and transportation challenges
The American Psychiatric Association 2022 Annual Meeting
Transgender teens have seven times higher risk for suicide attempt compared with cisgender, heterosexual adolescents
At pandemic outset, significant decreases in buprenorphine prescription fills seen for Black, Hispanic patients, but not White patients
Mental health hospitalizations for suicide attempt or self-injury increased 41.7 percent by fall 2020, with a 49 percent increase seen among girls
Despite relatively high rate of complications, patients report improvements in self-esteem and in seven health-related quality-of-life domains
Children eating fewer fruits and vegetables likely to have more severe symptoms of inattention
Authors say findings highlight need to screen all teens for suicide risk and access to firearms