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Kuehn KS, Piccirillo ML, Kuczynski AM, King KM, Depp CA, Foster KT. Person-specific dynamics between negative emotions and suicidal thoughts. Compr Psychiatry 2024; 133:152495. [PMID: 38728844 DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2024.152495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/01/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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INTRODUCTION Recent technology has enabled researchers to collect ecological momentary assessments (EMA) to examine within-person correlates of suicidal thoughts. Prior studies examined generalized temporal dynamics of emotions and suicidal thinking over brief periods, but it is not yet known how variable these processes are across people. METHOD We use data EMA data delivered over two weeks with youth/young adults (N = 60) who reported past year self-injurious thoughts/behaviors. We used group iterative multiple model estimation (GIMME) to model group- and person-specific associations of negative emotions (i.e., fear, sadness, shame, guilt, and anger) and suicidal thoughts. RESULTS 29 participants (48.33%) reported at least one instance of a suicidal thought and were included in GIMME models. In group level models, we consistently observed autoregressive effects for suicidal thoughts (e.g., earlier thoughts predicting later thoughts), although the magnitude and direction of this link varied from person-to-person. Among emotions, sadness was most frequently associated with contemporaneous suicidal thoughts, but this was evident for less than half of the sample, while other emotional correlates of suicidal thoughts broadly differed across people. No emotion variable was linked to future suicidal thoughts in >14% of the sample, CONCLUSIONS: Emotion-based correlates of suicidal thoughts are heterogeneous across people. Better understanding of the individual-level pathways maintaining suicidal thoughts/behaviors may lead to more effective, personalized interventions.
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- Kevin S Kuehn
- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, 3921 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States of America.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, 3921 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 2815 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA, 98102, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, 3921 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 3120 Biomedical Sciences Way, La Jolla, CA, 92093, Untied States of America
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, 3921 Stevens Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98195, United States of America; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, 3980 15th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States of America
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Kaurin A, Wright AGC, Porta G, Hamilton E, Poling K, Bero K, Brent D, Goldstein TR. Weekly links among irritability and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in high-risk youth. J Child Psychol Psychiatry 2024. [PMID: 38651278 DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies demonstrate a link between irritability and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in youth samples. However, they have mostly assessed irritability in community samples and as a largely dispositional (i.e. trait-like) construct. Thus, it remains unclear to what extent links between irritability and STBs reflect within-person processes of elevated risk in clinically meaningful time periods. METHODS The present study used clinical data from 689 adolescents aged 12-19 years attending a total of 6,128 visits at a specialty Intensive Outpatient Program for depressed and suicidal youth to examine patterns in weekly assessments of irritability and STBs throughout treatment, including associations among trends and fluctuations departing from these trends via multilevel structural equation modeling. Youth completed self-report measures of irritability, depression, and STBs weekly as part of standard IOP clinical care. RESULTS Overall, two-thirds of variance in weekly irritable mood was accounted for by between-person differences and the remaining portion by weekly fluctuations. After controlling for depression, during weeks when youth were more irritable they experienced increased STBs. Rates of change in irritability and STBs tended to track together at early stages of treatment, but these effects were generally accounted for by depression severity. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that although changes in STBs are best accounted for by depression, irritability can be understood as a specific, proximal risk factor for youth STBs that exacerbates youth STBs in clinically informative timeframes above and beyond depression.
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- Aleksandra Kaurin
- Department of Psychology, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Western Psychiatric Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Jankowsky K, Steger D, Schroeders U. Predicting Lifetime Suicide Attempts in a Community Sample of Adolescents Using Machine Learning Algorithms. Assessment 2024; 31:557-573. [PMID: 37092544 PMCID: PMC10903120 DOI: 10.1177/10731911231167490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Suicide is a major global health concern and a prominent cause of death in adolescents. Previous research on suicide prediction has mainly focused on clinical or adult samples. To prevent suicides at an early stage, however, it is important to screen for risk factors in a community sample of adolescents. We compared the accuracy of logistic regressions, elastic net regressions, and gradient boosting machines in predicting suicide attempts by 17-year-olds in the Millennium Cohort Study (N = 7,347), combining a large set of self- and other-reported variables from different categories. Both machine learning algorithms outperformed logistic regressions and achieved similar balanced accuracies (.76 when using data 3 years before the self-reported lifetime suicide attempts and .85 when using data from the same measurement wave). We identified essential variables that should be considered when screening for suicidal behavior. Finally, we discuss the usefulness of complex machine learning models in suicide prediction.
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Yin Q, Hughes CD, Rizvi SL. Using GIMME to model the emotional context of suicidal ideation based on clinical data: From research to clinical practice. Behav Res Ther 2023; 171:104427. [PMID: 37980875 DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2023.104427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 10/15/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
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Research and clinical experience highlight the variability of suicidal ideation (SI) within and between individuals. Although the idiographic emotional contexts in which SI occurs may offer explanations for its dynamic nature, most statistical methods focus on nomothetic patterns, making it difficult to advance our understanding of SI. Furthermore, the gap between nomothetic methods and a need for idiographic understanding of SI poses challenges to translating empirical knowledge into individualized clinical treatment. Group iterative multiple model estimation (GIMME) is a method that may bridge the idiographic-nomothetic divide by analyzing temporal relationships among a network of variables at both group- and individual-levels. This study explored the feasibility and clinical utility of GIMME applied to examine the relationships between various emotions and SI among individuals with borderline personality disorder who underwent Dialectical Behavior Therapy. We present graphic outputs that emerged throughout treatment and discuss how they could aid clinical assessment and case formulation (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03123198.).
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- Qingqing Yin
- Department of Psychology, Rutgers University, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States.
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- Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Box G-BH, Providence, RI, 02912, United States; Department of Psychosocial Research, Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Blvd., Providence, RI, 02906, United States
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- Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, United States
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Kiekens G, Claes L, Schoefs S, Kemme NDF, Luyckx K, Kleiman EM, Nock MK, Myin-Germeys I. The Detection of Acute Risk of Self-injury Project: Protocol for an Ecological Momentary Assessment Study Among Individuals Seeking Treatment. JMIR Res Protoc 2023; 12:e46244. [PMID: 37318839 DOI: 10.2196/46244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a major mental health concern. Despite increased research efforts on establishing the prevalence and correlates of the presence and severity of NSSI, we still lack basic knowledge of the course, predictors, and relationship of NSSI with other self-damaging behaviors in daily life. Such information will be helpful for better informing mental health professionals and allocating treatment resources. The DAILY (Detection of Acute rIsk of seLf-injurY) project will address these gaps among individuals seeking treatment. OBJECTIVE This protocol paper presents the DAILY project's aims, design, and materials used. The primary objectives are to advance understanding of (1) the short-term course and contexts of elevated risk for NSSI thoughts, urges, and behavior; (2) the transition from NSSI thoughts and urges to NSSI behavior; and (3) the association of NSSI with disordered eating, substance use, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A secondary aim is to evaluate the perspectives of individuals seeking treatment and mental health professionals regarding the feasibility, scope, and utility of digital self-monitoring and interventions that target NSSI in daily life. METHODS The DAILY project is funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (Belgium). Data collection involves 3 phases: a baseline assessment (phase 1), 28 days of ecological momentary assessment (EMA) followed by a clinical session and feedback survey (phase 2), and 2 follow-up surveys and an optional interview (phase 3). The EMA protocol consists of regular EMA surveys (6 times per day), additional burst EMA surveys spaced at a higher frequency when experiencing intense NSSI urges (3 surveys within 30 minutes), and event registrations of NSSI behavior. The primary outcomes are NSSI thoughts, NSSI urges, self-efficacy to resist NSSI, and NSSI behavior, with disordered eating (restrictive eating, binge eating, and purging), substance use (binge drinking and smoking cannabis), and suicidal thoughts and behaviors surveyed as secondary outcomes. The assessed predictors include emotions, cognitions, contextual information, and social appraisals. RESULTS We will recruit approximately 120 individuals seeking treatment aged 15 to 39 years from mental health services across the Flanders region of Belgium. Recruitment began in June 2021 and data collection is anticipated to conclude in August 2023. CONCLUSIONS The findings of the DAILY project will provide a detailed characterization of the short-term course and patterns of risk for NSSI and advance understanding of how, why, and when NSSI and other self-damaging behaviors unfold among individuals seeking treatment. This will inform clinical practice and provide the scientific building blocks for novel intervention approaches outside of the therapy room that support people who self-injure in real time. INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) DERR1-10.2196/46244.
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- Glenn Kiekens
- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Contextual Psychiatry, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey, NJ, United States
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- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
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Kleiman EM, Glenn CR, Liu RT. The use of advanced technology and statistical methods to predict and prevent suicide. NATURE REVIEWS PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 2:347-359. [PMID: 37588775 PMCID: PMC10426769 DOI: 10.1038/s44159-023-00175-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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In the past decade, two themes have emerged across suicide research. First, according to meta-analyses, the ability to predict and prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviours is weaker than would be expected for the size of the field. Second, review and commentary papers propose that technological and statistical methods (such as smartphones, wearables, digital phenotyping and machine learning) might become solutions to this problem. In this Review, we aim to strike a balance between the pessimistic picture presented by these meta-analyses and the optimistic picture presented by review and commentary papers about the promise of advanced technological and statistical methods to improve the ability to understand, predict and prevent suicide. We divide our discussion into two broad categories. First, we discuss the research aimed at assessment, with the goal of better understanding or more accurately predicting suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Second, we discuss the literature that focuses on prevention of suicidal thoughts and behaviours. Ecological momentary assessment, wearables and other technological and statistical advances hold great promise for predicting and preventing suicide, but there is much yet to do.
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- Evan M. Kleiman
- Department of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Kaurin A, Dombrovski AY, Hallquist MN, Wright AGC. Suicidal urges and attempted suicide at multiple time scales in borderline personality disorder. J Affect Disord 2023; 329:581-588. [PMID: 36781143 PMCID: PMC10693674 DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2023.02.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Revised: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is strong evidence for an enduring suicidal diathesis among individuals with a history of suicide attempts, particularly among people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). However, the progression of suicidal crises among people predisposed to suicidal behavior remains poorly understood. METHODS Via multilevel structural equation modeling we tested the hypothesis that a history of attempted suicide predicts a stronger dynamic link between affect and impulsivity with suicidal ideation (i.e., suicidal urges) - both moment-to-moment and day-to-day. 153 patients diagnosed with BPD, 105 of whom had a history of medically serious suicide attempts completed a 21-day ecological momentary assessment protocol (17,926 total assessments). RESULTS Individuals with higher average levels of negative affect reported more suicidal thoughts. Moments characterized by more negative affect, hostility, impulsivity, and less positive affect were also characterized by elevated suicidal ideation. For hostility and positive affect, these significant links generalized to the daily level. At the same time, for negative affect and hostility the within-person coupling was stronger among attempters in comparison to non-attempters, and these effects did not significantly differ across timescales. LIMITATIONS Follow-up studies replicating our findings of the dysregulation-suicidality nexus in clinically more diverse samples are needed. CONCLUSIONS The diathesis for suicidal behavior manifests in tighter dynamic links between negative affect or hostility and suicidal ideation. Because these within-person links were amplified in attempters compared to non-attempters, differential coupling patterns may index potentially lethal processes that generalize beyond BPD reflecting distinct diathesis components.
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
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Meyerhoff J, Kruzan KP, Reddy M, Mohr DC, Lattie EG. Preparing a Workforce of Care Coordinators to Address Patient Mental Health Needs in the Digital Age: Training and Needs Identification. SAGE Open Nurs 2023; 9:23779608231173279. [PMID: 37153493 PMCID: PMC10161288 DOI: 10.1177/23779608231173279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/09/2023] Open
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Introduction Care coordinators (CCs) are specialized healthcare providers and often the primary point of contact for patients with multiple medical and mental health comorbidities in integrated healthcare settings. Prior work shows CCs have lower comfort addressing mental health than physical health concerns. Digital mental health interventions can support CCs' management of patient mental health needs, but training gaps must be addressed prior to a digital mental health intervention's implementation. Methods As part of a quality improvement initiative, a 1-hour training focused on the assessment and management of depression and suicide-related thoughts and behaviors was delivered to CCs within a large midwestern healthcare system's Division of Ambulatory Care Coordination. CCs completed online surveys prior to and following the training. Conclusion Training resulted in increased comfort working with clinical populations, including patients who experience suicide-related thoughts and behaviors. Gains around screening for suicide risk were modest. Brief trainings for CCs can address training gaps, however, ongoing training and case consultation may also be indicated.
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- Jonah Meyerhoff
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California – Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Medical Social Sciences, Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs), Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Zhu Y, Rodebaugh T, Narine K, Brown LA. Idiographic Dynamics between Suicide Ideation and Depression, Anxiety and Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Persons Living with HIV: A Pilot Study. J Pers Oriented Res 2022; 8:71-86. [PMID: 36589929 PMCID: PMC9773944 DOI: 10.17505/jpor.2022.24856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Given that suicide ideation (SI) fluctuates drastically over short periods of time and is heterogenous across individuals, idiographic suicide research is warranted. In this pilot study, we used intensive ecological momentary assessment (EMA) to examine whether anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms on a given day predicted next-day SI on a person-to-person basis. METHODS PLWH (N = 10) with past-month SI completed daily randomly assessed ratings of suicidal urges using the Suicide-Visual Analogue Scale (S-VAS) and daily assessed ratings of anxiety, depression, and PTSD symptoms for 28 days. We used N = 1 Dynamic Structural Equation Modeling to test whether depression, anxiety or PTSD symptoms in the prior day predicted next-day S-VAS for each individual. RESULTS Across all participants, S-VAS on a given day was not predicted by prior-day anxiety, PTSD symptoms or S-VAS. In one participant, higher depression symptoms predicted lower next-day S-VAS. CONCLUSIONS Daily-level data may be insufficient to predict near-term increases in suicide risk based on anxiety, depression, or PTSD symptoms in PLWH. These findings suggest the importance of finer-grained assessments (e.g., assessing suicide risk and its correlates multiple times per day) to better understand changes in suicide risk over time among PLWH.
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- Yiqin Zhu
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Science, Washington University at St. Louis
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, William James College
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania,Corresponding author: Lily A. Brown, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, 3535 Market Street, Suite 600N, Philadelphia, PA, 19104. , Tel: 215-746-3346; Fax: 215-746-3311
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Stamatis CA, Meyerhoff J, Liu T, Sherman G, Wang H, Liu T, Curtis B, Ungar LH, Mohr DC. Prospective associations of text-message-based sentiment with symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety. Depress Anxiety 2022; 39:794-804. [PMID: 36281621 PMCID: PMC9729432 DOI: 10.1002/da.23286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 09/16/2022] [Accepted: 10/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Language patterns may elucidate mechanisms of mental health conditions. To inform underlying theory and risk models, we evaluated prospective associations between in vivo text messaging language and differential symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety. METHODS Over 16 weeks, we collected outgoing text messages from 335 adults. Using Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC), NRC Emotion Lexicon, and previously established depression and stress dictionaries, we evaluated the degree to which language features predict symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, or social anxiety the following week using hierarchical linear models. To isolate the specificity of language effects, we also controlled for the effects of the two other symptom types. RESULTS We found significant relationships of language features, including personal pronouns, negative emotion, cognitive and biological processes, and informal language, with common mental health conditions, including depression, generalized anxiety, and social anxiety (ps < .05). There was substantial overlap between language features and the three mental health outcomes. However, after controlling for other symptoms in the models, depressive symptoms were uniquely negatively associated with language about anticipation, trust, social processes, and affiliation (βs: -.10 to -.09, ps < .05), whereas generalized anxiety symptoms were positively linked with these same language features (βs: .12-.13, ps < .001). Social anxiety symptoms were uniquely associated with anger, sexual language, and swearing (βs: .12-.13, ps < .05). CONCLUSION Language that confers both common (e.g., personal pronouns and negative emotion) and specific (e.g., affiliation, anticipation, trust, and anger) risk for affective disorders is perceptible in prior week text messages, holding promise for understanding cognitive-behavioral mechanisms and tailoring digital interventions.
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- Caitlin A. Stamatis
- Center for Behavioral Intervention TechnologiesNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Center for Behavioral Intervention TechnologiesNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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- Positive Psychology CenterUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Technology & Translational Research Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA IRP)National Institutes of Health (NIH)BaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Positive Psychology CenterUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Computer and Information ScienceUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Department of Computer and Information ScienceUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- RobloxSan MateoCaliforniaUSA
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- Technology & Translational Research Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA IRP)National Institutes of Health (NIH)BaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Positive Psychology CenterUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
- Department of Computer and Information ScienceUniversity of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUSA
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- Center for Behavioral Intervention TechnologiesNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinoisUSA
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Bettis AH, Benningfield MM, Dao A, Dickey L, Pegg S, Venanzi L, Kujawa A. Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors and alterations in positive valence systems: A systematic review of the literature. J Psychiatr Res 2022; 156:579-593. [PMID: 36370537 PMCID: PMC9742322 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.10.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 09/20/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs), which include suicidal ideation (SI), suicide attempts (SA), and nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), are prevalent and associated with impairments in functioning and elevated risk of suicide deaths. Preventing suicide is a complex problem, with numerous systems likely contributing to the onset and maintenance of SITBs, and there is a critical need to identify more precise predictors of risk. Positive valence systems (PVS) are an understudied domain with promise for improving understanding of risk processes underlying SITBs. In this systematic review, we evaluate the evidence for the potential role of altered PVS function in SI, SA, and/or NSSI, including alterations in reward responsiveness, learning, and valuation assessed through behavioral, physiological and circuit measures. Results provide preliminary support for associations between distinct aspects of PVS function and alterations in SITBs. Specifically, SI appears to be characterized by low reward responsiveness, whereas little research has examined reward responsiveness in SA, and NSSI has been characterized by hyper-responsiveness to rewards. Alterations in reward learning and valuation are commonly examined in SA, with some evidence that they may be more strongly associated with attempts than SI or NSSI. At the same time, the literature is limited in that some constructs are commonly examined in one form of SITBs but not others. Further, research is predominantly cross-sectional and focused on adults, raising questions about the role of PVS function in developmental pathways to SITBs. We conclude by integrating the research to date and highlighting promising directions for future research.
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- Alexandra H Bettis
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, USA.
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- Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, USA
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- Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, USA
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- Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, USA
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- Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, USA
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- Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development, USA
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Kuehn KS, Dora J, Harned MS, Foster KT, Song F, Smith MR, King KM. A meta-analysis on the affect regulation function of real-time self-injurious thoughts and behaviours. Nat Hum Behav 2022; 6:964-974. [PMID: 35484208 PMCID: PMC9329197 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01340-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Prominent theories suggest that self-injurious thoughts and behaviours are negatively reinforced by decreased negative affect. The present meta-analysis quantifies effects from intensive longitudinal studies measuring negative affect and self-injurious thoughts and behaviours. We obtained data from 38 of the 79 studies (48%, 22 unique datasets) involving N = 1,644 participants (80% female, 75% white). Individual-participant data meta-analyses revealed changes in affect pre/post self-injurious thoughts and behaviours. In antecedent models, results supported increased negative affect before nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviour (k = 14, 95% CI 0.09 to 0.31) and suicidal thoughts (k = 14, 95% CI 0.03 to 0.19). For consequence models, negative affect was reduced following nonsuicidal self-injurious thoughts (k = 6, 95% CI -0.79 to -0.44), nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviours (k = 14, 95% CI -0.73 to -0.19) and suicidal thoughts (k = 13, 95% CI -0.79 to -0.23). Findings, which were not moderated by sampling strategies or sample composition, support the affect regulation function of self-injurious thoughts and behaviours.
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- Kevin S Kuehn
- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Anselmo A, Lucifora C, Rusconi P, Martino G, Craparo G, Salehinejad MA, Vicario CM. Can we rewire criminal mind via non-invasive brain stimulation of prefrontal cortex? Insights from clinical, forensic and social cognition studies. CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY 2022; 42:1-11. [PMID: 35600259 PMCID: PMC9107958 DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03210-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Non-compliance with social and legal norms and regulations represents a high burden for society. Social cognition deficits are frequently called into question to explain criminal violence and rule violations in individuals diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (APD), borderline personality disorder (BPD), and psychopathy. In this article, we proposed to consider the potential benefits of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) to rehabilitate forensic population. We focused on the effects of NIBS of the prefrontal cortex, which is central in social cognition, in modulating aggression and impulsivity in clinical disorders, as well as in forensic population. We also addressed the effect of NIBS on empathy, and theory of mind in non-clinical and/or prison population. The reviewed data provide promising evidence on the beneficial effect of NIBS on aggression/impulsivity dyscontrol and social cognitive functions, suggesting its relevance in promoting reintegration of criminals into society.
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Affiliation(s)
- Anna Anselmo
- Dipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e Degli Studi Culturali, Università di Messina, via Concezione 6-8, 98121 Messina, Italy
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- Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council (ISTC-CNR), Roma, RM Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e Degli Studi Culturali, Università di Messina, via Concezione 6-8, 98121 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, UKE-Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cognitive, Psicologiche, Pedagogiche e Degli Studi Culturali, Università di Messina, via Concezione 6-8, 98121 Messina, Italy
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Borsboom D. Reflections on an emerging new science of mental disorders. Behav Res Ther 2022; 156:104127. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2022.104127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Coppersmith DDL, Dempsey W, Kleiman EM, Bentley KH, Murphy SA, Nock MK. Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions for Suicide Prevention: Promise, Challenges, and Future Directions. Psychiatry 2022; 85:317-333. [PMID: 35848800 PMCID: PMC9643598 DOI: 10.1080/00332747.2022.2092828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The suicide rate (currently 14 per 100,000) has barely changed in the United States over the past 100 years. There is a need for new ways of preventing suicide. Further, research has revealed that suicidal thoughts and behaviors and the factors that drive them are dynamic, heterogeneous, and interactive. Most existing interventions for suicidal thoughts and behaviors are infrequent, not accessible when most needed, and not systematically tailored to the person using their own data (e.g., from their own smartphone). Advances in technology offer an opportunity to develop new interventions that may better match the dynamic, heterogeneous, and interactive nature of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs), which use smartphones and wearables, are designed to provide the right type of support at the right time by adapting to changes in internal states and external contexts, offering a promising pathway toward more effective suicide prevention. In this review, we highlight the potential of JITAIs for suicide prevention, challenges ahead (e.g., measurement, ethics), and possible solutions to these challenges.
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