2024
Episodic future thinking and psychopathology: A focus on depression and suicide risk
Nam R, Lowry N, Lawrence O, Novotny L, Cha C. Episodic future thinking and psychopathology: A focus on depression and suicide risk. Current Opinion In Psychology 2024, 59: 101853. PMID: 39128387, DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101853.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic future thinkingFuture thinkingAssociated with depressive symptomsSignificant cognitive processesAutobiographical eventsEmotional valenceSuicide riskDepressive symptomsSuicidal thoughtsCognitive processesPsychopathologyDepressionSuicideTemporal associationAnhedoniaSadnessThinkingSymptomsThoughtsYouthDo people know how suicidal they will be? Understanding suicidal prospection
Coppersmith D, Jaroszewski A, Gershman S, B. C, Millner A, Fortgang R, Kleiman E, Nock M. Do people know how suicidal they will be? Understanding suicidal prospection. Suicide And Life-Threatening Behavior 2024, 54: 750-761. PMID: 38700375, PMCID: PMC11305949, DOI: 10.1111/sltb.13087.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicidal thoughtsSuicidal thinkingKilling selfSeverity of suicidal thoughtsPsychological processesParticipants' predictionsReal-time monitoring studySuicideDay participantsThoughtsSelfParticipantsNext daySeverityPredicted levelsFitting modelFollow-up surveyThinkingPrediction errorAverage severityUrgeAdultsPeopleFollow-up periodVentromedial prefrontal cortex activation and neurofeedback modulation during episodic future thinking for individuals with suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Aupperle R, Kuplicki R, Tsuchiyagaito A, Akeman E, Sturycz-Taylor C, DeVille D, Lasswell T, Misaki M, Berg H, McDermott T, Touthang J, Ballard E, Cha C, Schacter D, Paulus M. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex activation and neurofeedback modulation during episodic future thinking for individuals with suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Behaviour Research And Therapy 2024, 176: 104522. PMID: 38547724, PMCID: PMC11103812, DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2024.104522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic future thinkingFuture thinkingSuicidal thoughtsEFT conditionEpisodic future thinking taskVentromedial prefrontal cortex activityReal-time fMRI neurofeedbackVentromedial prefrontal cortexPrefrontal cortex activityVmPFC activityPrefrontal cortexFMRI neurofeedbackDepressive disorderPersonally-relevantNeutral eventsCortex activityVmPFCNeural responsesStudy 1Study 2Neurofeedback protocolMDDNeurofeedbackTreatment targetSTB group
2023
Culturally Responsive Assessment of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth of Color
Molock S, Boyd R, Alvarez K, Cha C, Denton E, Glenn C, Katz C, Mueller A, Meca A, Meza J, Miranda R, Ortin-Peralta A, Polanco-Roman L, Singer J, Zullo L, Miller A. Culturally Responsive Assessment of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Youth of Color. American Psychologist 2023, 78: 842-855. PMID: 36913280, PMCID: PMC10497725, DOI: 10.1037/amp0001140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunities of colorSuicide risk assessmentRisk assessment instrumentsRisk assessment measuresYouth of colorSuicide risk assessment measuresRisk assessmentCommunity violenceSuicide risk factorsSuicide-related phenomenaBlack youthAssessment instrumentsSuicide ratesYouth suicideSuicideSuicidal thoughtsYouthRacial socializationExposure to racismAssessment measuresSuicide deathsCulturally responsive assessmentHealth care infrastructureSecond-leading cause of deathPublic health concernAn examination of episodic future thinking in the emergency department among youth experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Pollak O, Shin K, Baroni A, Gerson R, Bell K, Tezanos K, Fernandes S, Robinaugh D, Schacter D, Spirito A, Cha C. An examination of episodic future thinking in the emergency department among youth experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023, 33: 923-933. PMID: 37162586, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-023-02219-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpisodic future thinkingSuicide-related crisisFuture thinkingSuicidal thoughtsFuture eventsPsychiatric emergency departmentPerformance-based measuresAcute psychiatric careRobust risk factorsEpisodic detailsPsychological functioningEvent detailsPsychiatric careOlder adolescentsPsychological stateAssessed 6YouthAdolescentsClinical utilitySensory perceptionThoughtsSTBHopelessnessThinkingEmergency departmentUsing Behavioral Measures to Assess Suicide Risk in the Psychiatric Emergency Department for Youth
Shin K, Baroni A, Gerson R, Bell K, Pollak O, Tezanos K, Spirito A, Cha C. Using Behavioral Measures to Assess Suicide Risk in the Psychiatric Emergency Department for Youth. Child Psychiatry & Human Development 2023, 55: 1475-1486. PMID: 36821015, DOI: 10.1007/s10578-023-01507-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImplicit Association TestMeasures of suicide riskSuicide stroop taskBehavioral measuresSuicide riskStroop taskSuicidal ideationSuicide attemptsAttempted suicideWithin-person effectsAssess suicide riskLevels of distressSuicide-related reasonsBehavioral tasksSuicidal thoughtsPsychiatric EDIncreased distressSelf-reportSuicide screeningAssociation TestSuicideComposite scoreDemographic covariatesIdeationYouth
2022
Future Directions in Understanding and Interpreting Discrepant Reports of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth
Spears A, Gratch I, Nam R, Goger P, B. C. Future Directions in Understanding and Interpreting Discrepant Reports of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Youth. Journal Of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 2022, 52: 134-146. PMID: 36473063, PMCID: PMC9898197, DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2022.2145567.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Using Implicit and Explicit Measures to Predict Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents
Tezanos K, Bell K, Cha C. Using Implicit and Explicit Measures to Predict Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescents. 2021, 159-174. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-82465-5_10.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuicidal thoughtsEmergence of suicidal thoughtsEarly detection of suicide riskDegree of face validitySuicide-related wordsReaction-time taskDetection of suicide riskSuicidal adolescentsSuicidal behaviorExplicit measuresSuicide riskSuicide predictionSuicideEmpirical supportAdolescentsFace validityCultural contextThoughtsCultural sensitivityMeasurement typesBehaviorWordsEarly detection strategiesClinical decision-makingTask
2019
Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the Suicide Stroop Task
Wilson K, Millner A, Auerbach R, Glenn C, Kearns J, Kirtley O, Najmi S, O’Connor R, Stewart J, B. C. Investigating the Psychometric Properties of the Suicide Stroop Task. Psychological Assessment 2019, 31: 1052-1061. PMID: 31070448, PMCID: PMC7011179, DOI: 10.1037/pas0000723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicide stroop taskStroop taskBehavioral measuresPsychometric propertiesConcurrent validityInternal consistencyMental health researchLow internal consistencyInternal consistency coefficientSuicide attemptsSuicidal thoughtsStimulus typeNear chanceSuicideReliability findingsScoring approachInterference scoresConsistency coefficientTaskScoresNonattemptersPsychometricallyRTHealth researchFindings
2017
Annual Research Review: Suicide among youth – epidemiology, (potential) etiology, and treatment
B. C, Franz P, Guzmán E, Glenn C, Kleiman E, Nock M. Annual Research Review: Suicide among youth – epidemiology, (potential) etiology, and treatment. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2017, 59: 460-482. PMID: 29090457, PMCID: PMC5867204, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicidal thoughtsImprove etiological understandingHigh-risk populationPrevention of suicidal thoughtsDiverse high-risk populationsPrevalence of suicidal thoughtsSelf-report measuresEtiological understandingTechnology-based interventionsPsychotherapeutic treatmentPsychological treatmentComplex clinical outcomesPreliminary evidenceSociodemographic populationsPsychological factorsSample characteristicsPrevention effortsPrevention strategiesEtiological mechanismsSuicideThoughtsRisk factorsYouthEpidemiologyClinical outcomesUnderstanding suicide risk within the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework: A meta‐analytic review
Glenn C, Kleiman E, B. C, Deming C, Franklin J, Nock M. Understanding suicide risk within the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) framework: A meta‐analytic review. Depression And Anxiety 2017, 35: 65-88. PMID: 29064611, PMCID: PMC5760472, DOI: 10.1002/da.22686.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMeta-analytic reviewSuicidal thoughtsNational Institute of Mental Health's Research Domain Criteria (RDoCResearch Domain Criteria (RDoC) frameworkTransdiagnostic risk factorPredicting suicidal ideationProtective factorsRDoC domainsSuicidal behaviorSuicidal ideationSuicide riskSuicide attemptsSuicide theoriesSuicide outcomesSuicideProspective riskRDoCExamined riskEffects of risk factorsThoughtsIdeationRisk factorsBehaviorPredictorsNational InstituteImplicit identification with death predicts change in suicide ideation during psychiatric treatment in adolescents
Glenn C, Kleiman E, Coppersmith D, Santee A, Esposito E, B. C, Nock M, Auerbach R. Implicit identification with death predicts change in suicide ideation during psychiatric treatment in adolescents. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2017, 58: 1319-1329. PMID: 28675456, PMCID: PMC5693711, DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuicidal ideationImplicit identificationPsychiatric treatmentSuicidal thoughtsDeath IATSuicide riskShort-term residential treatment programAssociated with recent suicidal ideationPredictors of suicide riskHistory of suicidal thoughtsSuicidal ideation severityResidential treatment programImplicit Association TestIdeation severityImplicit cognitionSuicidal thinkingSuicidal behaviorStimulus versionsIdeationTreatment programsAssociation TestSuicideStronger identificationAdolescentsIATAccounting for Diversity in Suicide Research: Sampling and Sample Reporting Practices in the United States
B. C, Tezanos K, Peros O, Ng M, Ribeiro J, Nock M, Franklin J. Accounting for Diversity in Suicide Research: Sampling and Sample Reporting Practices in the United States. Suicide And Life-Threatening Behavior 2017, 48: 131-139. PMID: 28276601, DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransgender statusUnited States researchState researchVeteran statusYoung adult sampleReview longitudinal studiesParticipant raceMethodological practicesUnited StatesSuicide researchSuicidal thoughtsAdult samplesNon-HispanicIdentified many risk factorsPractice of samplingDiverse populationsReporting practicesSample characteristicsLongitudinal studyParticipant ageArticleParticipantsPracticeEthnicityRace
2016
Testing the Efficacy of Attention Bias Modification for Suicidal Thoughts: Findings From Two Experiments
B. C, Najmi S, Amir N, Matthews J, Deming C, Glenn J, Calixte R, Harris J, Nock M. Testing the Efficacy of Attention Bias Modification for Suicidal Thoughts: Findings From Two Experiments. Archives Of Suicide Research 2016, 21: 33-51. PMID: 26984769, DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2016.1162241.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional bias modificationAttentional biasSuicidal ideationBias modificationEfficacy of attentional bias modificationSessions of attention bias modificationTargeting attentional biasesProbe discrimination taskPost hoc findingsSuicidal inpatientsComputer-based interventionsSuicide riskDiscrimination taskSuicidal thoughtsIdeationSuicidePost-hocStroopControl versionBiasInterventionInpatientsFindingsSessionsTask
2010
Attentional Bias Toward Suicide-Related Stimuli Predicts Suicidal Behavior
B. C, Najmi S, Park J, Finn C, Nock M. Attentional Bias Toward Suicide-Related Stimuli Predicts Suicidal Behavior. Journal Of Psychopathology And Clinical Science 2010, 119: 616-622. PMID: 20677851, PMCID: PMC2994414, DOI: 10.1037/a0019710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttentional biasSuicide-related outcomesSuicidal behaviorSuicide attemptsModified emotional Stroop taskEmotional Stroop taskMeasure attentional biasPredicting suicidal behaviorPsychiatric emergency departmentClinical workValenced wordsNeutral wordsStroop taskSuicide riskSuicidal thoughtsBehavioral markersSuicideStimuliWordsClinical predictorsBiasBehaviorPeopleObserved effectsTask