2022
Structural brain alterations associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people: results from 21 international studies from the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium
van Velzen LS, Dauvermann MR, Colic L, Villa LM, Savage HS, Toenders YJ, Zhu AH, Bright JK, Campos AI, Salminen LE, Ambrogi S, Ayesa-Arriola R, Banaj N, Başgöze Z, Bauer J, Blair K, Blair RJ, Brosch K, Cheng Y, Colle R, Connolly CG, Corruble E, Couvy-Duchesne B, Crespo-Facorro B, Cullen KR, Dannlowski U, Davey CG, Dohm K, Fullerton JM, Gonul AS, Gotlib IH, Grotegerd D, Hahn T, Harrison BJ, He M, Hickie IB, Ho TC, Iorfino F, Jansen A, Jollant F, Kircher T, Klimes-Dougan B, Klug M, Leehr EJ, Lippard ETC, McLaughlin KA, Meinert S, Miller AB, Mitchell PB, Mwangi B, Nenadić I, Ojha A, Overs BJ, Pfarr JK, Piras F, Ringwald KG, Roberts G, Romer G, Sanches M, Sheridan MA, Soares JC, Spalletta G, Stein F, Teresi GI, Tordesillas-Gutiérrez D, Uyar-Demir A, van der Wee NJA, van der Werff SJ, Vermeiren RRJM, Winter A, Wu MJ, Yang TT, Thompson PM, Rentería ME, Jahanshad N, Blumberg HP, van Harmelen AL, Schmaal L. Structural brain alterations associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people: results from 21 international studies from the ENIGMA Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviours consortium. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 4550-4560. PMID: 36071108, PMCID: PMC9734039, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01734-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMood disordersSuicidal thoughtsSuicide attemptsBrain alterationsMRI metricsSuicidal ideationColumbia-Suicide Severity Rating ScaleStructural brain alterationsLifetime suicide attemptsSeverity Rating ScaleCurrent suicidal ideationActual suicide attemptsHealthy controlsAssessment instrumentsClinical controlEarly interventionMental disordersSignificant associationFrontal poleBrain morphologySuicide riskSuicide attemptersRating ScaleYoung peopleDisordersNon-suicidal Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescent Inpatients
Millon EM, Alqueza KL, Kamath RA, Marsh R, Pagliaccio D, Blumberg HP, Stewart JG, Auerbach RP. Non-suicidal Self-injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Among Adolescent Inpatients. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2022, 55: 48-59. PMID: 35727385, PMCID: PMC9782727, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-022-01380-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLifetime depressive disorderDepressive disorderSerious public health concernBaseline clinical interviewsCurrent anxiety disorderPublic health concernEarly life adversityResidential psychiatric treatmentNSSI thoughtsPrevalence ratesSelf-injurious thoughtsGreater oddsPsychiatric treatmentClinical InterviewMental disordersSymptom severityPast monthHealth concernLife adversityAdolescent inpatientsAnxiety disordersDisordersSignificant correlatesComorbiditiesLongitudinal study
2019
Imaging suicidal thoughts and behaviors: a comprehensive review of 2 decades of neuroimaging studies
Schmaal L, van Harmelen AL, Chatzi V, Lippard ETC, Toenders YJ, Averill LA, Mazure CM, Blumberg HP. Imaging suicidal thoughts and behaviors: a comprehensive review of 2 decades of neuroimaging studies. Molecular Psychiatry 2019, 25: 408-427. PMID: 31787757, PMCID: PMC6974434, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-019-0587-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVentral prefrontal cortexSuicidal ideationSuicidal thoughtsDorsal PFCDorsal anterior cingulate cortexAnterior cingulate cortexHigh-risk circumstancesBrain alterationsBrain areasLarger sample sizeCingulate cortexMolecular alterationsMental disordersNarrative reviewSuicide thoughtsPrefrontal cortexNeurobiological substratesInhibition of behaviorSuicide attempt behaviorBrain systemsCortexInsulaImpairmentComprehensive reviewLongitudinal design