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Prevalence of Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation
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Prevalence of Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Suicidal Ideation

A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Psychiatry".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 16310

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Dr. Laura Orsolini

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1. AOUOORR Ancona - SOD Clinica di Psichiatria - Department of Clinical Neurosciences/DIMSC, School of Medicine, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy
2. Psychopharmacology, Drug Misuse and Novel Psychoactive Substances Research Unit, School of Life and Medical Science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Interests: affective disorders; dual diagnosis; addiction; psychopharmacology; eating disorders
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Dear Colleagues,

Suicide is a leading public health problem, being a leading cause of injury and death at a worldwide level, with approximately one million people dying by suicide per year and an estimate of around one suicide death occurring every 40 seconds. Suicide is ranked as the second leading cause of death among people aged 10–34 years and the tenth among all age groups. Notably, suicidal behavior and ideation have been implicated as a comorbidity of depressive symptoms in subjects affected or not with an affective disorder, including major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder. A critical concern is represented by specific categories, including pregnant and nursing women, as well as youngsters.

In this Special Issue, epidemiological, preventive, preclinical, and clinical studies are welcome, mainly focusing on the correlation between suicidality and depression, both amongst the clinical and general population.

Dr. Laura Orsolini
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Keywords

  • Depression
  • Affective disorders
  • Suicide
  • Bipolar depression
  • Depressive symptoms
  • Unipolar depression
  • Suicide behavior
  • Suicide ideation.

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New Psychoactive Substances and Suicidality: A Systematic Review of the Current Literature
by Stefania Chiappini, Alessio Mosca, Andrea Miuli, Maria Chiara Santovito, Laura Orsolini, John Martin Corkery, Amira Guirguis, Mauro Pettorruso, Giovanni Martinotti, Massimo Di Giannantonio and Fabrizio Schifano
Medicina 2021, 57(6), 580; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57060580 - 6 Jun 2021
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Background and Objectives: Over the past twenty years a large number of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have entered and modified the recreational drug scene. Their intake has been associated with health-related risks, especially so for vulnerable populations such as people with severe [...] Read more.
Background and Objectives: Over the past twenty years a large number of new psychoactive substances (NPS) have entered and modified the recreational drug scene. Their intake has been associated with health-related risks, especially so for vulnerable populations such as people with severe mental illness, who might be at higher risk of suicidality or self-injurious behavior. This paper aims at providing an overview of NPS abuse and the effects on mental health and suicidality issues, by performing a literature review of the current related knowledge, thereby identifying those substances that, more than others, are linked to suicidal behaviors. Materials and Methods: A comprehensive and updated overview of the literature regarding suicidality and NPS categories has been undertaken. An electronic search was performed, including all papers published up to March 2021, using the following keywords “NPS” OR “new psychoactive substances” OR “novel psychoactive substances” OR “synthetic cannabinoids” OR “phenethylamines” OR “synthetic cathinones” OR “tryptamines” OR “piperazines” OR “new synthetic opioids” OR “designer benzodiazepines” AND (“suicide” OR “suicidality”) NOT review NOT animal on the PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science online databases. Results: Suicidality and self-injurious behavior appear to be frequently associated with some NPS such as cathinones, synthetic cannabinoids, and new synthetic opioids. The results are organized according to the substances recorded. Conclusion: The growing use of NPS has become a significant clinical issue, causing increasing concern and challenges for clinicians working in both mental health and emergency departments. Thus, considering the associations between NPS and suicidality or self-injurious behaviors, areas where suicide-prevention efforts and strategies might be focused are the early detection, monitoring, and restriction of NPS. Full article
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A Systematic Review on TeleMental Health in Youth Mental Health: Focus on Anxiety, Depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
by Laura Orsolini, Simone Pompili, Virginio Salvi and Umberto Volpe
Medicina 2021, 57(8), 793; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57080793 - 31 Jul 2021
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Background and Objectives: The Internet is widely used and disseminated amongst youngsters and many web-based applications may serve to improve mental health care access, particularly in remote and distant sites or in settings where there is a shortage of mental health practitioners. [...] Read more.
Background and Objectives: The Internet is widely used and disseminated amongst youngsters and many web-based applications may serve to improve mental health care access, particularly in remote and distant sites or in settings where there is a shortage of mental health practitioners. However, in recent years, specific digital psychiatry interventions have been developed and implemented for special populations such as children and adolescents. Materials and Methods: Hereby, we describe the current state-of-the-art in the field of TMH application for young mental health, focusing on recent studies concerning anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and affective disorders. Results: After screening and selection process, a total of 56 studies focusing on TMH applied to youth depression (n = 29), to only youth anxiety (n = 12) or mixed youth anxiety/depression (n = 7) and youth OCD (n = 8) were selected and retrieved. Conclusions: Telemental Health (TMH; i.e., the use of telecommunications and information technology to provide access to mental health assessment, diagnosis, intervention, consultation, supervision across distance) may offer an effective and efficacious tool to overcome many of the barriers encountering in the delivery of young mental health care. Full article
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