Journal of affective disorders
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Multicenter Study
Suicide following self-harm: findings from the Multicentre Study of self-harm in England, 2000-2012.
Self-harm is a key risk factor for suicide and it is important to have contemporary information on the extent of risk. ⋯ The findings underline the importance of prevention initiatives focused on the self-harm population, especially during the initial months following an episode of self-harm. Estimates using suicide and open verdicts may underestimate the true risk of suicide following self-harm; inclusion of accidental poisonings may be warranted in future risk estimates.
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Depressive symptoms and depression are common in nursing home residents. However, longitudinal studies of depression in nursing home residents are scarce and the sample sizes are small. This study aimed to investigate the course of depressive symptoms as measured by the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD) and associated explanatory demographic and clinical variables. ⋯ This study adds important knowledge about the long-term course of depressive symptoms and depression for residents in nursing homes, and underlines the importance to pay close attention to the overlap between depression and dementia symptoms when evaluating depression in this setting.