Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Screening Teens for Suicidal Ideas Not a Risk - Study Reuters story at Yahoo - "Asking teenagers if they think about suicide does not increase the risk they will act on it and may actually help adolescents who suffer from depression, researchers said on Tuesday. More than 2,300 students at six suburban New York high schools filled out questionnaires with half answering questions about whether they thought about suicide while the other half did not. Neither group exhibited increased distress or suicidal thoughts after participating, including at-risk individuals with a history of suicide attempts, depression, or drug abuse. "