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View article: Identifying therapeutic characteristics of digital social media narratives about suicide: a mixed methods investigation
Identifying therapeutic characteristics of digital social media narratives about suicide: a mixed methods investigation Open
Recently, we found adults who received digital bibliotherapy featuring lived-experience narratives related to suicidal thoughts and behaviors reported lower suicidal thoughts, mediated by increased social connectedness and optimism. This s…
View article: Natural language processing system for rapid detection and intervention of mental health crisis chat messages
Natural language processing system for rapid detection and intervention of mental health crisis chat messages Open
Patients experiencing mental health crises often seek help through messaging-based platforms, but may face long wait times due to limited message triage capacity. Here we build and deploy a machine-learning-enabled system to improve respon…
View article: Consensus Statement on Ethical & Safety Practices for Conducting Digital Monitoring Studies with People at Risk of Suicide and Related Behaviors
Consensus Statement on Ethical & Safety Practices for Conducting Digital Monitoring Studies with People at Risk of Suicide and Related Behaviors Open
This consensus statement provides guidance for researchers, funding agencies, and institutional review boards regarding expert views on current best practices for conducting digital monitoring studies with those at risk for suicide-with re…
View article: Proposed directions for suicide research: incorporating successful approaches from other disciplines
Proposed directions for suicide research: incorporating successful approaches from other disciplines Open
Summary Despite decades of suicide research, our ability to predict suicide has not changed. Why is this the case? We outline the unique challenges facing suicide research. Borrowing successful strategies from other medical fields, we prop…
View article: Guarding the Gate
Guarding the Gate Open
Background Failed treatment trials are common in major depressive disorder and treatment-resistant depression, and remotely performed multifaceted, centralized structured interviews can potentially enhance signal detection by ensuring that…
View article: Battling severe mental illnesses with smartphones: how patients’ smartphone data can help improve clinical care
Battling severe mental illnesses with smartphones: how patients’ smartphone data can help improve clinical care Open
The inability to reliably monitor disease progression is one of psychiatry’s most glaring weaknesses. Unlike our colleagues in other fields, who can, for example, monitor diabetes via patients’ hemoglobin A1c, psychiatrists do not have rel…