Scientists Turn to Machine Learning to Save Lives
Clinical researchers and other scientists investigate computer algorithms that could lead to reliable measures of suicide risk… More
Suicide
Suicides Have Increased. Is This an Existential Crisis?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released startling new statistics on the rise of deaths by suicide in… More
How a Public Suicide Harms the People Who See It
One evening last March, Nancy Bacon saw a stranger die. She had just touched down in Toronto and set off… More
‘All-or-Nothing’ Thinking More Common in People with Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation
Research shows a link between one’s tendency to view life in extremes can identify cognitive processes linked with psychological disorders and suicide risk… More
The Bias Beneath: Two Decades of Measuring Implicit Associations
Since its debut in 1998, an online test has allowed people to discover prejudices that lurk beneath their awareness — attitudes that researchers wouldn’t be able to identify through participant self-reports. The Observer examines the findings generated by the Implicit Association Test over the past 20 years… More
AI algorithms to prevent suicide gain traction
A growing number of researchers and tech companies are beginning to mine social media for warning signs of suicidal thoughts… More