Identification of Suicide Attempt Risk Factors in a National US Survey Using Machine Learning.

Journal: JAMA psychiatry
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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Because more than one-third of people making nonfatal suicide attempts do not receive mental health treatment, it is essential to extend suicide attempt risk factors beyond high-risk clinical populations to the general adult population.

Authors

  • Ángel García de la Garza
    Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, New York.
  • Carlos Blanco
    Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Bethesda, Maryland.
  • Mark Olfson
    Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center, New York.
  • Melanie M Wall
    Department of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, New York.