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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.
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
Real-time Monitoring Detects Patterns of Suicidal Thoughts
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Jordan W. Smoller, MD
Associate Chief for research in the Department of Psychiatry, Director of the 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
All Humans Carry Genetic Risk Factors for Major Depression
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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
One-Quarter of American Undergraduate Students Have Contemplated Suicide
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Matthew K. Nock, PhD
Research Scientist, Mass General, Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Recent Article
Real-time Monitoring Detects Patterns of Suicidal Thoughts
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