In this month's Editorial, Vikram Patel and Pattie Pramila Gonsalves explore the interaction of sociodemographic, economic, cultural and health-related factors that contribute to suicide in different populations and settings with mental health, rapid social change and gender discrimination being key.
The inclusion of suicide as a measure in the UN Sustainable Development Goals is a step in the right direction in pressing countries to develop policies around this human and social tragedy.
Image Credit: GoranH, Pixabay
Editorial
Suicide prevention: Putting the person at the center
PLOS Medicine: published September 30, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002938
Collection Review
Development of new TB regimens: Harmonizing trial design, product registration requirements, and public health guidance
PLOS Medicine: published September 6, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002915
Research Articles
Integrating preexposure prophylaxis delivery in routine family planning clinics: A feasibility programmatic evaluation in Kenya
PLOS Medicine: published September 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002885
Social network interventions for health behaviours and outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
PLOS Medicine: published September 3, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002890
Progression to type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated risk factors after hyperglycemia first detected in pregnancy: A cross-sectional study in Cape Town, South Africa
PLOS Medicine: published September 9, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002865
Effect of a scaled-up neonatal resuscitation quality improvement package on intrapartum-related mortality in Nepal: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published September 9, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002900
The use of validated and nonvalidated surrogate endpoints in two European Medicines Agency expedited approval pathways: A cross-sectional study of products authorised 2011–2018
PLOS Medicine: published September 10, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002873
Vitamin D status and risk of incident tuberculosis disease: A nested case-control study, systematic review, and individual-participant data meta-analysis
PLOS Medicine: published September 11, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002907
Anti-interleukin-1 treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes (TRACK): A multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published September 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002901
Mother’s dietary quality during pregnancy and offspring’s dietary quality in adolescence: Follow-up from a national birth cohort study of 19,582 mother–offspring pairs
PLOS Medicine: published September 12, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002911
Related Articles
Incidence of hospitalization for infection among patients with hepatitis B or C virus infection without cirrhosis in Taiwan: A cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published September 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002894
Plasma phospholipid n-3 and n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in relation to cardiometabolic markers and gestational diabetes: A longitudinal study within the prospective NICHD Fetal Growth Studies
PLOS Medicine: published September 13, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002910
Psychosocial working conditions, trajectories of disability, and the mediating role of cognitive decline and chronic diseases: A population-based cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published September 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002899
Simplified clinical algorithm for identifying patients eligible for same-day HIV treatment initiation (SLATE): Results from an individually randomized trial in South Africa and Kenya
PLOS Medicine: published September 16, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002912
Safety and pharmacokinetics of dolutegravir in pregnant mothers with HIV infection and their neonates: A randomised trial (DolPHIN-1 study)
PLOS Medicine: published September 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002895
Determination of birth-weight centile thresholds associated with adverse perinatal outcomes using population, customised, and Intergrowth charts: A Swedish population-based cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published September 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002902
Portrayals of mental illness, treatment, and relapse and their effects on the stigma of mental illness: Population-based, randomized survey experiment in rural Uganda
PLOS Medicine: published September 20, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002908
Planned mode of delivery after previous cesarean section and short-term maternal and perinatal outcomes: A population-based record linkage cohort study in Scotland
PLOS Medicine: published September 24, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002913
Association of obesity with heart failure outcomes in 11 Asian regions: A cohort study
PLOS Medicine: published September 24, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002916
Psychological, social, and welfare interventions for torture survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
PLOS Medicine: published September 24, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002919
Estimated stroke risk, yield, and number needed to screen for atrial fibrillation detected through single time screening: a multicountry patient-level meta-analysis of 141,220 screened individuals
PLOS Medicine: published September 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002903
Text messaging and brief phone calls for weight loss in overweight and obese English- and Spanish-speaking adults: A 1-year, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial
PLOS Medicine: published September 25, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002917
Risk and protective factors for child development: An observational South African birth cohort
PLOS Medicine: published September 27, 2019 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002920