Suicide prevention research priorities in health care.
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Suicidology has largely neglected to theorize or examine empirically the role of organizations in suicide risk and prevention.
“In general, though we acknowledge the role of several key organizations [schools (Erbacher et al., 2014) and healthcare (Gordon et al., 2020)] in suicidology, we have largely neglected to theorize or examine empirically the role of organizations in suicide risk and prevention.”
From The Social Roots of Suicide: Theorizing How the External Social World Matters to Suicide and Suicide Prevention (2021) · cites this paper as Gordon et al., 2020
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“Looking forward, current research agendas similarly promote the importance of advancing the prediction and prevention of suicide (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2022; Gordon et al., 2020).”
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“Despite these challenges, detection of warning signs to indicate proximal risk would be of immense clinical value (Gordon, Avenevoli, & Pearson, 2020) and new research in this area is emerging (e.g. Bagge et al., 2022).”
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“In collaboration with the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (NAASP), the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is dedicated to achieving a 20 % reduction in the suicide rate by the year 2025 (Gordon et al., 2020).”
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“To our knowledge, there have been no studies focusing on the impact of suicide prevention practices on long-term patient outcomes in healthcare settings (Gordon et al., 2020).”
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“…deaths per 100,000, and making suicide the third leading cause of death for Black young adult men (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2023; Gordon et al., 2020; Lindsey et al., 2019).”
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“Given the likely age-related heterogeneity of SA in the general population, identifying age-specific predictors in non-clinical samples is essential (García de la Garza et al. , 2021; Gordon et al. , 2020).”
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“93 Although an increasing number of studies have utilized clinical and vital statistics data to examine suicide outcomes, there remains limited discussion on the challenges and considerations associated with using this data in suicide research.”
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“Thesefindingsunderscoretheneedtoidentifyfeaturesthatcan prognosticatesuicide-relatedoutcomes(Gordon,Avenevoli,&Pearson,2020)andidentifysuicide risk in early stages, such as after the emergence of suicidal ideation (SI).”
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“Existing best practices for assessing suicide include frequent and diverse assessment methods (American Psychiatric Association Work Group on Suicidal Behaviors, 2003; Gordon et al., 2020; Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, 2015).”
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“This generalizability gap represents a major barrier to clinical implementation, as models that perform well in development cohorts may fail to maintain accuracy when deployed in diverse real-world settings 22 .”
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“Identifying psychosocial factors associated with suicide is critical to the development of effective prevention strategies (Gordon et al., 2020).”
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“It also suggests that our efforts, no matter how large or small, might provide individuals who have difficulty with hope.(38) Last, but not least, it highlights how important it is for governments to make prevention of suicide an immediate concern for the health of the public, particularly in circumstances where acces…”
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Using Implicit and Explicit Measures to Predict Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents
Tezanos, K. M., Bell, K., & Cha, C. B. (2021) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-030-82465-5_10
- Authors
- Gordon, J. A., Avenevoli, S., & Pearson, J. L.
- Affiliations
- National Institute of Mental Health (US)
- Venue
- JAMA Psychiatry
- Publisher
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- Published
- 2020-09-01
- Volume
- 77
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 885
- ISSN
- 2168-622X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3027901916
- Cited by
- 65
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 4.67
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- JAMA Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- suicide prevention, research priorities, healthcare settings, mental health services
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Emergency Medical Services, Humans, Primary Health Care, Biomedical Research, Evidence-Based Practice
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