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A poll conducted in 2021 shed light on the terrible state of many nurses’ mental health, and this story may be a reflection of those thoughts. When more than 9,500 critical care nurses were polled last October, more than half of them admitted to being “not emotionally well,” a trend that was most pronounced among younger nurses between the ages of 25 and 34 (Michael Odell was 27 years old at the time of his death).

High functioning depression is an oversimplified label for someone who effectively hides their persistent depression and seems to be managing their life well. The proper diagnosis is probably dysthymia. Dysthymia is difficult to detect until it intensifies into a major depressive episode. Asking questions about mood, sleep, medication and duration of depressive symptoms can help the clinician achieve a proper diagnosis.

In a retrospectives study with a 13-month follow up, bariatric surgery patients were 16% less likely to die versus matched non-surgical counterparts. However, surgery patients were more than twice as likely to die by suicide and that risk of suicide was significantly higher in those ages 18-34.

This overview and discussion highlights the learnings gleaned during practice in a ketamine service unit. Discussion points include treatment considerations for the two entities, switching from IV to intranasal, and a collection of pearls.

Folic acid (B9) prescription in a population of more than 800,000 individuals, yielded a suicide event rate of 4.73 per 100 000 person-months, compared with a rate of 10.61 per 100 000 person-months without folic acid.

This report on learnings shows that it is crucial to educate primary healthcare professionals on how to spot people who may commit suicide in their later years (eg, using “The 5 Ds” — Deadly methods, Depression, Disease & Disability, Disconnectness, and Development) and how to adopt prevention measures.