Predicting suicide attempts in adolescents with longitudinal clinical data and machine learning.

Journal: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Adolescents have high rates of nonfatal suicide attempts, but clinically practical risk prediction remains a challenge. Screening can be time consuming to implement at scale, if it is done at all. Computational algorithms may predict suicide risk using only routinely collected clinical data. We used a machine learning approach validated on longitudinal clinical data in adults to address this challenge in adolescents.

Authors

  • Colin G Walsh
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.
  • Jessica D Ribeiro
    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
  • Joseph C Franklin
    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.