suicide /newsroom/taxonomy/term/3543/all en Marie-Claude Geoffroy /newsroom/marie-claude-geoffroy Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:19:17 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288864 at /newsroom Using AI to predict suicidal behaviours in students /newsroom/channels/news/using-ai-predict-suicidal-behaviours-students-332119 <p>How can we predict suicide risk in students, especially at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected many people’s mental health? According to researchers from Montreal and France, self-esteem represents an important predictive marker of suicidal risk. The team from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, University of Montreal, Inserm, and Université de Bordeaux is using artificial intelligence to identify factors that accurately predict suicidal behavior in students.</p> Tue, 27 Jul 2021 15:23:08 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 271027 at /newsroom Strong social support decreases mental health problems in young adults /newsroom/channels/news/strong-social-support-decreases-mental-health-problems-young-adults-326716 <p>Early adulthood, a transitional life stage marked by major changes in social roles and responsibilities, can bring with it an increase of mental health problems. A team of Ï㽶ÊÓƵ researchers has found that young adults who perceived higher levels of social support reported fewer mental health problems.</p> Fri, 04 Dec 2020 16:00:23 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 252058 at /newsroom Marjorie Montreuil /newsroom/marjorie-montreuil Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:37:40 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 197800 at /newsroom Experts: World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10, 2018) /newsroom/channels/news/expert-world-suicide-prevention-day-september-10-2018-289278 <h3><a href="/tcpsych/faculty/robertwhitley">Rob Whitley</a>, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ</h3> Wed, 05 Sep 2018 18:37:01 +0000 mona.noonoo@mail.mcgill.ca 80505 at /newsroom World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10, 2016) /newsroom/channels/news/world-suicide-prevention-day-sept-10-2016-262615 <p>Each year, <a href="https://www.iasp.info/wspd/">World Suicide Prevention Day</a> has taken place on 10th September since 2003.</p> Thu, 08 Sep 2016 21:11:27 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26137 at /newsroom Suicide: victimized teens more at risk /newsroom/channels/news/suicide-victimized-teens-more-risk-258308 <p><span>A new study published in the </span><a href="http://www.jaacap.com/"><em>Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry</em></a><span> (JAACAP) by the team of Dr Marie-Claude Geoffroy, researcher at the CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'ÃŽle-de-Montréal (Douglas mental health university institute, McGill group for suicide studies) and the Sainte-Justine hospital research centre, reports that adolescents chronically victimized during two school years at least, are about five times more at risk of thinking about suicide and six times more at risk of attempting suicide at age 15 </span></p> Wed, 03 Feb 2016 21:05:51 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 25223 at /newsroom Richard Montoro /newsroom/richard-montoro Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23930 at /newsroom Laurence J. Kirmayer /newsroom/laurence-j-kirmayer Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23524 at /newsroom Jean-Francois Boivin /newsroom/jean-francois-boivin Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 22972 at /newsroom Perry Adler /newsroom/perry-adler Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 Anonymous 23902 at /newsroom Middle-aged white Americans health crisis /newsroom/channels/news/middle-aged-white-americans-health-crisis-256549 <p> Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:48:03 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 24598 at /newsroom Choosing to end it all /newsroom/channels/news/choosing-end-it-all-254772 <p>Difficulty making good choices is one of the factors that make certain people vulnerable to suicide Wed, 26 Aug 2015 20:06:22 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24442 at /newsroom World congress on suicide prevention in Montreal /newsroom/channels/news/world-congress-suicide-prevention-montreal-253548 <p> Fri, 12 Jun 2015 18:42:45 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24239 at /newsroom