Traditional and new media\u27s influence on suicidal behavior and contagion

Copyright © 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The role of nonfictional and fictional media in suicide contagion has been well established, ostensibly beginning with the publication of Goethe\u27s The Sorrows of Young Werther in 1774. In recent decades, the emergence of several new forms of media (e.g. websites, social media, blogs, smartphone applications) has revolutionized the communication and social interaction paradigms. This article reviews “the Werther effect” (or suicide contagion related to media), special populations who are more influential or susceptible, current media reporting guidelines and their effectiveness, and the latest research on new media and its effect on suicide and suicide contagion. The aim is to update recommendations on how to mitigate the potential negative effects of both traditional and new media on suicidal behavior and suicide contagion

Teaching the Fundamentals of the Risk Assessment Interview to Clinicians

© SLACK Incorporated. The ability to predict a person’s risk of acute suicide is one of the most important skills in the practice of psychiatry. This article reviews the essential components of suicide assessment in a concise format meant to be learned and taught to psychiatrists at various levels of training. Strategies for assessing a person’s existential state, imminent warning signs, lethality of planned suicide attempts, and protective factors in an empathetic, collaborative approach are reviewed. Finally, a brief overview of the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE) approach, a well-validated approach to obtaining a thorough and empathetic suicide assessment that is useful in cases where suicidality is not obviously apparent, is given

Teaching the fundamentals of the risk assessment interview to clinicians

© SLACK Incorporated. The ability to predict a person’s risk of acute suicide is one of the most important skills in the practice of psychiatry. This article reviews the essential components of suicide assessment in a concise format meant to be learned and taught to psychiatrists at various levels of training. Strategies for assessing a person’s existential state, imminent warning signs, lethality of planned suicide attempts, and protective factors in an empathetic, collaborative approach are reviewed. Finally, a brief overview of the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE) approach, a well-validated approach to obtaining a thorough and empathetic suicide assessment that is useful in cases where suicidality is not obviously apparent, is given

Rate of Patients WITH Moderate & Severe Binge Eating Habits in an Outpatient Adult Medical Weight Management Clinic

New patients to the Weight Management Clinic at GWU MFA were the participants of this study. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the rate of new patients whom had binge eating like habits. All new patients were self-administered the surveys, which included a consent form, a demographics survey, and an eating habits questionnaire. Approximately, 50 participants completed the study and data will be analyzed by the team with a statistician. The data will be analyzed looking for variables that correlated between the patient\u27s demographics and results of the eating habits questionnaire. Patients who obtained greater than 18 points on the eating habits questionnaire were given a handout on resources in the area to help with habits that are often seen in binge eating. They were not diagnosed with an eating disorder from this study. The key statistical analysis will focus on the rate of participants that score \u3e18 on the eating habits survey, and gender, BMI, psychiatric condition, and alcohol intake, correlates with the eating habits score