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This is a very short presentation on suicide and desire for hastened death in cancer settings.
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- 1. Suicide and Desire for Hastened Death in Cancer Settings Alex Mitchell, Consultant in Psycho-oncology Leicester General Hospital LOROS 2011
- 2. Introduction
- 4. Suicide Epidemiology I – By Age Suicide rates previously increased with age, but now are very similar in men and woman across age groups
- 5. Antidepressants Prescriptions & Suicide
- 6. DSH & Suicide Overview DSH (150,000) Suicide (5000) Depressed (30%) Depressed (80%) General Pop’n 0.01% 1% 70% 30% Depressed (5%)
- 7. In Cancer
- 8. Ladder of Suicide Risk Hopelessness & demoralization Desire for a hastened death Suicidal thoughts Suicidal intent Suicidal plans
- 17. PHQ9
Editor's Notes
- Rates in young males have increased steadily (including a 74% increase in “undetermined” deaths) Rates in all other groups have reduced since 1987 (by about 15% overall)
- Prescriptions for antidepressants have increased four fold in Sweden, but suicide rates have dropped only 10%