Tag: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

  • Better bipolar diagnosis may reduce suicide rate in boys – new research

    Better bipolar diagnosis may reduce suicide rate in boys – new research

    Suicide rarely occurs in the absence of serious mental health problems. Research shows that psychiatric disorders occurs in up to 90% of young people who die by suicide. In particular, so-called affective disorders, such as major depression and bipolar disorder, occur in 44–76% of cases. This means that severe mental illness is the most influential…