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Longitudinal Data in Electronic Health Records Can Be Used to Predict Risk of Suicide
Previous research has shown that diagnostic codes routinely collected in electronic health records can help predict domestic abuse an average of two years in advance. Could EHR systems also be used to predict suicidal behavior?
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Real-time Monitoring Detects Patterns of Suicidal Thoughts
By monitoring people via smartphone several times per day, Mass General researchers became the first to show that there are distinct patterns of suicidal thinking, which may have implications for suicide prevention efforts.
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One-Quarter of American Undergraduate Students Have Contemplated Suicide
Concerned by results from a nationwide survey, a Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatrist and colleagues call for campuses to help mitigate student stress, with a special focus on transgender students and those who are racial/ethnic, gender or sexual minorities.
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National Analysis: Suicide Is an Important Risk After Cancer Surgery
Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD, of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, and colleagues determined the incidence of suicide among U.S. cancer patients who underwent surgery is 29% higher than in the general population and is influenced at least partly by prognosis.
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Diminished Frontal Pole Size, Functional Connectivity Linked to Elevated Suicide Risk in Young Adults
Gwang-Won Kim, PhD, Maurizio Fava, MD, Daphne J. Holt, MD, PhD, and colleagues published evidence that reduced frontal pole size and reduced functional connectivity between the frontal pole and the inferior frontal cortex are markers of elevated suicidality in young adults.
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Developing a Clinical Tool to Predict Suicide Risk
Clinician-researchers at the Center for Precision Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital with colleagues at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital have developed an algorithm to improve the prediction of suicide risk in clinical settings.
Suicide Risk Contributors
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Jeffery Huffman, MD
Associate Chief, Clinical Services, Department of Psychiatry, Director, Inpatient Psychiatry Research, Director, Cardiac Psychiatry Research Program
Recent Article
Consider Emotional Barriers When Encouraging Physical Activity After Metabolic/Bariatric Surgery
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Jordan W. Smoller, MD, ScD
Associate Chief for Research, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Unit, Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health
Recent Article
Psychiatric Disorders Not Associated With Incidental Findings in Medically Actionable Genes
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Justin A. Chen, MD, MPH
Executive Director, Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness, Medical Director, Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Services
Recent Article
Telepsychiatry Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Matthew K. Nock, PhD
Research Scientist, Mass General, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Recent Article
Consensus Statement: Conducting Digital Monitoring Studies of People at Suicide Risk
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