Health · Mental Health · 2 days ago
Suicide Prevention Should Be Part of Addiction Care
The article says addiction care should include checking for suicide risk and helping prevent suicide.
It cites studies examining links between substance use and suicidal behavior.
It also points to safety planning and suicide-prevention guidance for treatment settings.
The message is that care for addiction should also address a person's safety.
A Psychology Today article published on October 9, 2026, argues that suicide evaluation and prevention should be part of addiction care.
The supplied article text consists of references to research and clinical guidance rather than the article's detailed argument.
The references cover links between substance use disorders and suicidal behaviour, suicide prevention interventions, and treatment for substance use.
The cited material includes studies on alcohol, cannabis and opioid use, as well as guidance from US health agencies.
The source does not provide a specific proposed screening protocol or report a new intervention.
- Who
- Psychology Today; the article's author is not stated in the supplied text.
- What
- An argument that suicide evaluation and prevention belong in addiction care.
- When
- Published October 9, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The article presents suicide evaluation and prevention as relevant to addiction care; further reasoning is not included in the supplied text.
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- Outlet
- Psychology Today
- Publication date
- October 9, 2026
- Headline
- Suicide Evaluation and Prevention Belongs in Addiction Care
- Cited research
- A population-based familial co-aggregation register study on lifetime substance use disorder and suicidal behaviour, published online September 22, 2026
- Guidance cited
- US Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense clinical practice guideline on assessing and managing patients at risk for suicide, 2024
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