Suicide is one of the the leading causes of death among American youth, and was the second-leading cause of death for children aged 10-14 in 2022. Adolescents have similarly high risk, with suicide ranking in the top three causes of mortality (after accidents and homicide) among ages 15-19. Troublingly, the suicide rate in this age…
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Autistic children and adolescents experience suicidal thoughts and behaviors at higher rates than non-autistic children and adolescents, but there are currently no validated suicide risk assessment tools for autistic youth. This is problematic because it is well recognized that, due to differences in interpretation and experience, measures used in the general population are often not…
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Advancing Cognitive Assessment: The Development of pCAT-COG Cognitive decline is a growing concern as the population ages, with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) affecting up to 20% of older adults in the United States. Approximately one-third of individuals with MCI progress to Alzheimer’s disease (AD) within five years, indicating that early detection and precise assessment of…
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A firefighter’s job is rarely easy: from risking their lives to save people or infrastructure and working to keep the public safe, firefighters also routinely engage with death, dying, and violence. This work is critical and culturally celebrated, and yet, it comes with a side that is often left undiscussed. Firefighters have significantly higher rates…
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Study Suggests Folic Acid as a Suicide Prevention Tool Folic Acid, otherwise known as Vitamin B9, is most commonly used to treat anemia caused by folate deficiency or as a supplement utilized by pregnant women to reduce risk of neural tube defects. A recent study by University of Chicago Blum-Riese Professor Robert Gibbons and colleagues found…
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Highlighting the PORTAL-Depression CAT-MH® Screening Trial As of 2020, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) estimated only 66% of adults and 41.6% of adolescents (source) with a major depressive episode had received any form of treatment for their depression in the last year. Recognizing this landscape and the challenges that Americans are facing, Melissa Franco…
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