Suicide and type 1 diabetes: a complex issue
Suicide and type 1 diabetes: a complex issue
Suicide is the leading cause of death among young people aged 20–24 years in the UK. Furthermore, suicide attempts are at least 20 times higher than the number of suicide deaths, and together with intentional self-injury present a significant public health challenge.1 The risk of suicidal behaviour is higher in people with type 1 diabetes, with up to 7% of deaths in young adults being a result of suicide.2 Despite being avoidable, it is an under-recognised cause of death in people with type 1 diabetes and it is important that diabetes health care professionals are aware of this risk and its management. Identification of those at risk of suicide or intentional self-injury is challenging because existing standard screening tools, such as the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, lack efficacy when used with people who have diabetes.3 Furthermore, there is hesitancy to implement screening for depression and suicide if health care professionals feel ill-equipped to respond or do not have appropriate resources to support their patients who report depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, or intentional self-injury.
Holt, Richard
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Barnard-Kelly, Katharine
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Holt, Richard
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Barnard-Kelly, Katharine
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Holt, Richard and Barnard-Kelly, Katharine
(2022)
Suicide and type 1 diabetes: a complex issue.
Practical Diabetes, 39 (5).
(doi:10.1002/pdi.2413).
Abstract
Suicide is the leading cause of death among young people aged 20–24 years in the UK. Furthermore, suicide attempts are at least 20 times higher than the number of suicide deaths, and together with intentional self-injury present a significant public health challenge.1 The risk of suicidal behaviour is higher in people with type 1 diabetes, with up to 7% of deaths in young adults being a result of suicide.2 Despite being avoidable, it is an under-recognised cause of death in people with type 1 diabetes and it is important that diabetes health care professionals are aware of this risk and its management. Identification of those at risk of suicide or intentional self-injury is challenging because existing standard screening tools, such as the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, lack efficacy when used with people who have diabetes.3 Furthermore, there is hesitancy to implement screening for depression and suicide if health care professionals feel ill-equipped to respond or do not have appropriate resources to support their patients who report depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, or intentional self-injury.
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