The report said that Mr. Castro had left no suicide note and given no indication of having suicidal tendencies — which contradicts statements made by Craig Weintraub, one of Mr. Castro's lawyers, who has said that Mr. Castro suffered from depression and other serious psychological ailments.
He said that at the time Seemanpillai died, "there was no concern or indication of any suicidal ideation" and that a caseworker had been in contact with Seemanpillai the day before he self-immolated.
The Kims from DPRK founder Kim Il-sung down through grandson Kim Jong-un have given no indication of being suicidal.
Participants will be excluded from the study, and referred to appropriate care, if there are indications of either suicidal or self inflicted harm behavior.
Out of 50 adults (different distress levels; exclusion criteria: < 18 years, indication of psychotic or suicidal ideation in screening) who were recruited via e-mail and screened online, 49 were randomized into an immediate 2-weeks-treatment group (N = 28) or a waitlist-control group (N = 21), starting with a 2-week delay.
Eleven of 13 patients showed suicidal or parasuicidal behavior after lithium discontinuation which was proposed as an indication of lithium's anti-suicidal effect independent of the general episode suppressing effect (Müller-Oerlinghausen et al. 1992b).
Application of this strategy is based on chemical and pharmacological similarities of compounds with clinical evidence of suicidal intent, target or indication classes associated with high incidence of SIB, in vitro neuropharmacological activity profile, in vivo ADME properties, patient population of the underlying indication and regulatory precedents.
Persons aged under 18 years, or with indication of a psychotic disorder or suicidal ideation in the screening were excluded.
Secondly, we used a clear definition of suicidal behaviour, divided into suicidal ideation and suicide attempts.
