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One in four women with ADHD has attempted suicide

Written by Charlie King | 5 Jan 2021

Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) can have negative consequences on mental health into adulthood.

Balancing the response to covid-19

Written by Christine Clark | 18 Oct 2020

Article written by Christine Clark As politicians grapple with the idea of a lockdown or a more stringent lockdown GPs have called for an end to the ‘one-track’… read more.

Ketamine cuts suicidal thinking in depression

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 8 Jul 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Ketamine reduced suicidal thoughts in a small group of patients with treatment-resistant depression, researchers reported on May 10, 2016 in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

ILTS 2016: Professor John O’Grady (Kings College Hospital, London) and Professor Sung-Gyu Lee (Ulsan University Medical School, Seoul, Korea) discuss their key messages in LDLT for the UK transplant community. Also included associated article entitled 'Done correctly, living donation success is possible'

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 10 Jun 2016

Done correctly, living donation success is possible by Thomas R. Collins Life expectancy and quality of life measures tend to be quite high among live liver donors, generally… read more.

ILTS 2016: Professor John O’Grady (Kings College Hospital, London) and Professor Sung-Gyu Lee (Ulsan University Medical School, Seoul, Korea) discuss their key messages in LDLT for the UK transplant community. Also included associated article entitled ‘Done correctly, living donation success is possible’

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 10 Jun 2016

Done correctly, living donation success is possible by Thomas R. Collins Life expectancy and quality of life measures tend to be quite high among live liver donors, generally… read more.

World Health Matters: Denmark – Postpartum psychiatric disorders increase suicide risk

Written by Gary Finnegan | 24 May 2016

by Gary Finnegan: A new study shows that while suicide in new mothers is rare, the link with postpartum psychiatric disorders is strong.

Smoking cessation drugs do not increase serious psychiatric side effects

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 29 Apr 2016

by Bruce Sylvester: Smoking cessation treatment with varenicline and bupropion does increase serious neuropsychiatric side effects, researchers reported in The Lancet on April 22, 2016.

World population gains more than 6 years of life

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 15 Jan 2015

Despite global improvements in life expectancy, death rates for some causes — including drug use and liver cancer — continue to rise. Global life expectancy increased by 5.8… read more.

1 in 5 child deaths in England preventable

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 2 Oct 2014

Child deaths have fallen to very low rates in all industrialised countries, but many deaths in children and adolescents are still potentially preventable, and much more could be… read more.

No link between suicidal behaviour and drugs for ADHD

Written by Bruce Sylvester | 25 Sep 2014

by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that drug therapy for ADHD does not increase the risk of suicide attempts or suicide. The findings were published on June 18,… read more.

WTC Report 2014: Update on worldwide causes of morbidity and mortality in living donor liver transplantation

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 9 Sep 2014

By Allan M Concejero et al, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan. Increased use of living donors for liver transplantations has meant an increase in donor complications and… read more.

'Suicide tourism' to Switzerland has doubled within 4 years

Written by Lorraine Carolan | 25 Aug 2014

German and UK citizens make up bulk of numbers; neurological diseases most common reason to end life. Citizens from Germany and the UK make up the bulk of… read more.

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