{"id":2282,"date":"2020-06-25T06:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T06:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2020-06-25T06:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T06:18:10","slug":"suicide-rate-170-times-higher-for-people-with-schizophrenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=2282","title":{"rendered":"Suicide Rate 170 Times Higher for People With Schizophrenia"},"content":{"rendered":"

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MONDAY, June 22, 2020 (HealthDay News)<\/p>\n

People with schizophrenia<\/a> have a suicide<\/a> rate 170 times higher than the general population, Canadian researchers report.<\/p>\n

The researchers looked at 20 years of population data, including information on 75,000 patients with schizophrenia<\/a>. Each was followed for about 10 years, on average.<\/p>\n

Risk of suicide<\/a> was heightened the first five years after the mental illness<\/a> was diagnosed, the researchers said.<\/p>\n

Suicide<\/a> risk was also heightened if the patient had a mood disorder or was hospitalized before diagnosis.<\/p>\n

Later age at diagnosis was also linked to higher odds of suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“What this study teaches us is that although people with schizophrenia<\/a> spectrum disorder [SSD] are at higher risk for suicide, we can target those at the highest risk with changes in policy and treatment,” said researcher Dr. Juveria Zaheer, from the Center for Addiction<\/a> and Mental Health<\/a> in Toronto.<\/p>\n

“Now that we know what is happening, we need to better understand why,” said Zaheer, a clinician scientist at the center’s Institute for Mental Health<\/a> Policy Research.<\/p>\n

Clearly, treating schizophrenia symptoms<\/a> isn’t enough, said study co-author Dr. Paul Kurdyak.<\/p>\n

“In the past, clinicians have focused on treating the psychosis itself when it first appears,” said Kurdyak, director of health outcomes and performance evaluation at the institute.<\/p>\n

“This study shows that treatment has to include suicide prevention<\/a> safety planning as well from the very beginning,” he said in a news release from the center.<\/p>\n

The report was published June 18 in the journal Schizophrenia<\/a> Research<\/i>.<\/p>\n

— Steven Reinberg<\/p>\n

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