Thwarted social connection is a critical risk factor for suicidality, and several theoretical perspectives highlight the importance of interpersonal sources of affect to social connection. Given... Continue reading
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Thwarted social connection is a critical risk factor for suicidality, and several theoretical perspectives highlight the importance of interpersonal sources of affect to social connection. Given... Continue reading
One barrier to large-scale suicide prevention is that most existing interventions cannot easily reach the millions of people who may be at high risk for suicidality. To take a step toward... Continue reading
Based on the need for treatments for Veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), Colorado researchers led by Dr. Lisa A. Brenner, Ph.D., ABPP, Rp, of the Department of Veterans Affairs Rocky... Continue reading
Craig Bryan, PsyD, ABPP, of the University of Utah’s National Center for Veterans Studies has published multiple studies investigating the effectiveness of the crisis response... Continue reading
Patients under treatment for psychological health issues sometimes experience episodes of significant distress in their everyday lives while away from the clinic and immediate care. This poses a... Continue reading
Suicide is a concern across the military, but the problem is particularly severe in the National Guard. As such, Mike Anestis, PhD and Brad Green, PhD of the University of Southern Mississippi... Continue reading
In the 1970s, a psychiatrist named Jerome Motto demonstrated that non-demanding caring letters could prevent suicide among high-risk individuals.[1,2] Motto suggested that a suicidal person’s... Continue reading
Julie Cerel, Ph.D. of the University of Kentucky and colleagues have published a series of articles that address the extent to which people are exposed to suicide (Cerel et al., 2018, 2016, 2015;... Continue reading