Suicide Risks with Depression, Anxiety and Co-occurring Depression/Anxiety

• By: Thomas Grinley, MS, MBA, CMQ/OE, LSSGB, CCISM New Hampshire Dept. of Health and Human Services
• September 29th, 2025
• anxiety, co-occurring disorders, contributing factors, depression, Fall 2025 Issue, interpersonal conflicts, loneliness, prevention strategies, suicide risk
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The fact that depression increases the risk of suicide should come as no surprise. Less well known are the suicidal risks of anxiety and the synergistic effect of co-occurring depression and anxiety. Additional life factors can function as triggers and increase those risks even more. We will look...

What Do We Know About the Relationship Between Cannabis and Psychosis?

• By: Grace Hennessy, MD NY State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) New York University Grossman School of Medicine
• July 19th, 2023
• adolescents, antipsychotic medications, cannabis, childhood trauma, harm reduction strategies, integrated treatments, prevention strategies, psychosis, Summer 2023 Issue
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From 2002 to 2021, the number of individuals aged 12 or older reporting last year cannabis use increased steadily from 26 million to 53 million (SAMHSA, 2022). Accompanying this increase in the number of individuals using cannabis is a decline in the percentage of individuals who believe that...