Machine Learning to Differentiate Risk of Suicide Attempt and Self-harm After General Medical Hospitalization of Women With Mental Illness.

Journal: Medical care
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Suicide prevention is a public health priority, but risk factors for suicide after medical hospitalization remain understudied. This problem is critical for women, for whom suicide rates in the United States are disproportionately increasing.

Authors

  • Juliet B Edgcomb
    Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Rohith Thiruvalluru
    Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.
  • Jyotishman Pathak
    Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
  • John O Brooks
    Department of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY.