1. Just read about what (doesn't) work in suicide prevention in the new World Journal of Psychiatry (#1 impact factor). Unfortunately, authors refer to the outdated Barbui 2009 MA of observational studies on antidepressants, not to our update. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wps.21284
Suicide prevention: what works, what might work, and what does not work
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Has anyone looked at this paper more closely? I've seen many of my bachelor students refer to it when it comes to depressive disorders. Authors find worldwide depression rates doubled from 1990 to 2020, which seems like a lot. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40313474/
Trends in Prevalent Cases and Disability-Adjusted Life-Years of Depressive Disorders Worldwide: Findings From the Global Burden of Disease Study From 1990 to 2021 - PubMed
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