While anxiety and depressive disorders and suicidal behaviors (suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts) affect both sexes, women appear to be more affected than men, regardless of the...

In 2024, 15.6% of adults aged 18 to 79 experienced a major depressive episode (MDE). Women, young adults, and people living in precarious circumstances or who are socially isolated are...

Introduction – VigilanS is a national program for re-contacting patients hospitalized for suicide attempts (SA), designed to reduce the risk of repeat suicide attempts and implemented in...

Between 2017 and 2021, 627 incarcerated individuals died by suicide (including 598 prisoners, 95.5% of whom were men). The annual suicide rate was 17 per 10,000 people among men and 23...

Introduction – The purpose of this article is to describe, among the working-age population in metropolitan France, the prevalence of suicidal thoughts and reported suicide attempts, the...

Objective—The overall suicide rate in French Guiana is estimated at 7 per 100,000, which is lower than that of metropolitan France. However, the majority of suicide cases are reported in...

Introduction – Postpartum depression (PPD), anxiety, and suicidal ideation can have harmful consequences for both the mother and the newborn. Our objectives were to estimate the...

The pandemic—due to the duration and scope of social restrictions and the resulting constraints—may have had an impact on mental health, particularly on suicide attempts. In this...

The National Union for Suicide Prevention (UNPS) emphasizes the importance of the telephone counseling services provided by organizations as part of the current system for providing...

The VigilanS program is available to anyone who has attempted suicide. The goal is to maintain contact—by phone or mail—and to provide the most appropriate follow-up care if necessary....