There is a silent pandemic of suicides around the world, with an exponential increase in suicidality and chronic suicidal ideations. The exact global estimates cannot be accurately ascertained, but analysis will put it at more than a million annually...
BACKGROUND: Prevention of suicide is a global health priority. Approximately 800,000 individuals die by suicide yearly, and for every suicide death, there are another 20 estimated suicide attempts. Large language models (LLMs) hold the potential to e...
OBJECTIVE: Patients with cancer have a high risk of suicide. However, evidence-based preventive measures remain unclear. This study aimed to investigate suicide prevention strategies for hospitalized patients with cancer by analyzing nationwide patie...
Suicide constitutes a public health issue of major concern. Ongoing progress in the field of artificial intelligence, particularly in the domain of large language models, has played a significant role in the detection, risk assessment, and prevention...
INTRODUCTION: Autistic people experience higher risk of suicidal ideation (SI) and suicide attempts (SA) compared to non-autistic people, yet there is limited understanding of complex, multilevel factors that drive this disparity. Further, determinan...
Suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide and a concerning public health problem, accounting for over 700,000 registered deaths worldwide. However, suicide deaths are preventable with timely and evidence-based interventions, which are of...
OBJECTIVE: Suicide risk assessment has historically relied heavily on clinical evaluations and patient self-reports. Natural language processing (NLP) of electronic health records (EHRs) provides an alternative approach for extracting risk predictors...
INTRODUCTION: Suicide remains a critical global public health issue, with approximately 800,000 deaths annually. Despite various prevention efforts, suicide rates are rising, highlighting the need for more effective strategies. Traditional suicide ri...
BACKGROUND: Crisis hotlines serve as a crucial avenue for the early identification of suicide risk, which is of paramount importance for suicide prevention and intervention. However, assessing the risk of callers in the crisis hotline context is cons...