Mental health issues make up a big part of the workload for primary care physicians. In Ontario, about 20% of patient visits to primary care practitioners are related to mental health, and in many more visits, mental health issues underlie physical symptoms. But most frontline health care workers often don’t get much training in mental […]
psychiatry
Predictors of suicidal behaviour found in blood
Changes in gene expression can indicate heightened risk for self-harm. People who are intent on taking their own life may not seek counsel or discuss their thoughts with others. Having some ways of predicting the rise of suicidal thoughts could help save at least some of the 1 million people worldwide who die that way […]