About This study aimed to document the extent of digital mental health tool (DMHT) use by essential workers and those unemployed due to COVID-19. 1987 people were recruited and were asked participants to rate the usability and user burden of the DMHT they used
Abstract Suicide, suicide attempts, and suicidal ideation since the pandemic have been tied to both unemployment and being an essential worker. This study examined three suicide theories – the Interpersonal Theory, the Cultural Model of Suicide, and the Integrated Motivational-Volitional model – in this
Abstract Background: Suicide is a recognized global public health problem that continues to pose substantial challenges in the United States. Veterans and service members are particularly at risk. Caring Contacts is a simple, scalable intervention comprising brief, periodic messages sent over 1 to 2
About United States veteran suicide rates remain elevated over their civilian counterparts. Suicide rates among US veterans indicating homelessness are 186.5% higher than veterans without any indications of homelessness. Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicide Prevention (BCBT) is one intervention demonstrated to reduce suicidal
About This project will identify interaction patterns with online video platforms that are indicative of suicide risk, focusing on YouTube and TikTok. Leveraging archival data including over 5 million interaction events collected from participants in previous research, we will use combinations of neural language
About COVE is a two-way pragmatic randomized controlled trial of the Caring Contacts intervention with stressed and distressed veterans and military members utilizing monthly EMA (ecological momentary assessment) bursts to determine when and how the intervention is making an impact. The primary aim of
About The goal of the Caring Contacts intervention is to be an accessible, consistent, strength based, and scalable model of care in both clinics and service organizations. The irreversible, accelerated shift to telehealth and technology-mediated communication during COVID-19 has expanded demand for Caring Contacts as
About COVID-19 led to an increase in mental health problems among the general public and healthcare workers. Reasons for this increase include social isolation, anxiety, and stress related to COVID-19. The Mental Health Among Patients, Providers, and Staff (MHAPPS) study examines anxiety, loneliness, depression,
About The DBT Program Evaluation and Research Network (DBT PERN) was created with the goal to to have a community of DBT teams and individual clinicians who are willing to respond to short surveys on a periodic basis, so when someone in the network
About This study is exploring which interventions people with lived experience of suicide (PLE) find acceptable and prefer (e.g., different types of in-person and telehealth care, web-based, text message, app, etc.), who should be the agent to deliver the intervention, and what concerns would
