Mental Health DailyResearch. Evidence. Perspective.Published research on suicidal ideation.
In 210 psychiatric patients, none of the 4 Dark Tetrad traits had a direct link with suicidal thoughts. Sadistic traits were linked to them only through higher stress.
Read articleA 2026 study of 1,250 Florida youth in juvenile-justice programs who had attempted suicide found that 557 (45%) denied serious suicidal thoughts or a plan. Anger or irritability was more com…
Read articleAt entry to US specialty clinics, 34% of 2,951 young people with first-episode psychosis reported suicidal thoughts and 7% had attempted suicide in the previous 6 months. A 2026 Early Psycho…
Read articleA 2026 survey of 327 international students in Germany found high symptom burden: 46.5% screened positive for moderate-to-severe depression, 46.8% for moderate-to-severe anxiety, and 31.2% e…
Read articleA 2026 target-trial emulation involving 102,361 U.S. veterans with type 2 diabetes found no increased suicidality risk after starting semaglutide vs. sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor…
Read articleA 2026 systematic review of 16 articles found that youth social-media suicide risk clustered around specific mechanisms, not raw screen time: emotional dysregulation appeared in 8 studies, s…
Read articleA 2026 multimodal MRI study found that treatment-resistant depression had lower coordination between brain structure and brain activity than non-treatment-resistant depression in frontal, pa…
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