International Conference on Mental Health Promotion and Prevention
15 - 17 September 2004, Auckland
From Research to Effective Practice
The Third World Conference on The Promotion of Mental Health and Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders
For further information phone: 09 300 7010
or Email: conference@mentalhealth.org.nz
27 July 2004
22 July 2004
Antidepressants and the Risk of Suicidal Behaviors
This new article from The Journal of the American Medical Association looks at the link between selective seratonin inhibitors and suicide ideation. The article concludes:
This article is not available online without a subscription to the journal, so contact your library to for assistance in accessing it. The ABC Science website has a good summary of the findings along with links to the Australian Theraputic Good Administration website, reviewing the safety of antidepressants for adolescents.
The full citation for the JAMA article is:
Jick H, Kaye JA, Jick SS. Antidepressants and the Risk of Suicidal Behaviors. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004; 292 (3): 338-343
This new article from The Journal of the American Medical Association looks at the link between selective seratonin inhibitors and suicide ideation. The article concludes:
"The risk of suicidal behavior after starting antidepressant treatment is similar among users of amitriptyline, fluoxetine, and paroxetine compared with the risk among users of dothiepin. The risk of suicidal behavior is increased in the first month after starting antidepressants, especially during the first 1 to 9 days. A possible small increase in risk (bordering statistical significance) among those starting the newest antidepressant, paroxetine, is of a magnitude that could readily be due to uncontrolled confounding by severity of depression. Based on limited information, we also conclude that there is no substantial difference in effect of the 4 drugs on people aged 10 to 19 years."
This article is not available online without a subscription to the journal, so contact your library to for assistance in accessing it. The ABC Science website has a good summary of the findings along with links to the Australian Theraputic Good Administration website, reviewing the safety of antidepressants for adolescents.
The full citation for the JAMA article is:
Jick H, Kaye JA, Jick SS. Antidepressants and the Risk of Suicidal Behaviors. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004; 292 (3): 338-343
13 July 2004
Therapists as Survivors of Suicide
During their career, therapists may face the death of a client by suicide - a potentially traumatic experience. This site, from the Clinician Survivor Task Force of the American Association of Suicidology provides a variety of resources including an extensive bibliography and personal accounts from clinicians.
During their career, therapists may face the death of a client by suicide - a potentially traumatic experience. This site, from the Clinician Survivor Task Force of the American Association of Suicidology provides a variety of resources including an extensive bibliography and personal accounts from clinicians.
06 July 2004
Paracetomal and suicide
An interview by ABC's Stateline program in Queensland about the incidence of paracetamol overdoses, and possible action that may reduce it. It includes an interview with Diego De Leo, and a discussion of the effects of the Heron paracetamol recall in 2000.
An interview by ABC's Stateline program in Queensland about the incidence of paracetamol overdoses, and possible action that may reduce it. It includes an interview with Diego De Leo, and a discussion of the effects of the Heron paracetamol recall in 2000.
05 July 2004
beyondblue: the national depression initiative - Australia's media joins the fight against stigma and ignorance
Beyone Blue launched a national intitative to raise awareness about depression, and reduce the stigma associated with it. The site quotes:
Beyone Blue launched a national intitative to raise awareness about depression, and reduce the stigma associated with it. The site quotes:
Less than 5% of respondents identified depression as a major health problem (despite the fact depression is the leading cause of disability in Australia), citing cancer (47%) and heart disease (40%) as bigger health problems.