Folic acid treatment reduced rates of suicide attempts

Treatment with folic acid was linked to reduced rates of suicide attempts, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.
“There are no real side effects [with folic acid], it doesn’t cost a lot of money, you can get it without a prescription. This could potentially save tens of thousands of lives,” Robert D. Gibbons, PhD, a professor of public health sciences at the University of Chicago and lead author of the study, said in an article on the university’s website.
Gibbons and colleagues sought to study the association between folic acid prescription fills over a 24-month

Treatment with folic acid was linked to reduced rates of suicide attempts, researchers reported in JAMA Psychiatry.
“There are no real side effects [with folic acid], it doesn’t cost a lot of money, you can get it without a prescription. This could potentially save tens of thousands of lives,” Robert D. Gibbons, PhD, a professor of public health sciences at the University of Chicago and lead author of the study, said in an article on the university’s website.
Gibbons and colleagues sought to study the association between folic acid prescription fills over a 24-month