Schedule at a Glance
Wednesday, April 26
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM PDT (11:00-11:15AM EDT)
Introduction to the Conference
Speakers:
Keyne C. Law, PhD
Megan L. Rogers, PhD
SRS Steering Committee
8:15 AM – 8:45 AM PDT (11:15-11:45AM EDT)
Plenary Session:
Advancing Suicide Prevention Among Youth of Color: Leaving No Child Behind
Speaker: Lillian Polanco-Roman, PhD
Abstract: In the U.S., suicide has disproportionately increased among youth of color (i.e., youth identifying from a racially and/or ethnically minoritized group). This is not a new pattern, as prior research has identified this alarming trend since the 1970s. The racial disparity in the rise in youth suicide suggests that current youth suicide research and prevention strategies are not culturally responsive to the mental health needs of youth of color. Suicide risk is also most concentrated at an early age (i.e., before age 30 years) in communities of color, who are disproportionately burdened by youth suicide risk. In this talk, I will describe systemic barriers that researchers who study suicide risk in youth of color have faced. I will highlight how new approaches to studying suicide research including using wearables, big data, neuroscience, and machine learning have replicated racial disparities observed in traditional approaches to research. I will introduce the Structural Racism and Suicide Prevention Systems Framework as a lens in which to understand the undue burdens faced within the study of suicide risk in youth of color. Lastly, I will describe recommendations to advance youth suicide prevention by improving the cultural responsiveness of suicide research, training, and risk assessment.
8:50 AM – 9:50 AM PDT (11:50-12:50PM EDT)
Oral Presentations
Session 1: Cognitive Factors
Cognitions Over Time: Ecological Momentary Assessments of Cognitive Dysfunction and Suicidal Ideation among College Students
Speaker: Abby Mandel
Suicidal Thinking as Affect Regulation
Speaker: Daniel Coppersmith
Systematic review of the link between social cognition and suicidal ideation and behavior in people with serious mental illness
Speaker: Emma Parrish
From Self-Judgment to Self-Hate: Evaluating the Moderating Roles of Perceived Parental Warmth and Self-Kindness
Speaker: Keven Espinet-Pizarro
Session 2: Interventions
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention Adapted for Suicidal Older Men
Speaker: Kelly Green
Qualitative Development of a Novel, Couple-Based Suicide Intervention, Treatment for Relationships & Safety Together (TR&ST)
Speaker: Chandra Khalifian
THRIVE: Testing a Novel, Recovery-Oriented, Brief Intervention for Crisis Stabilization Centers
Speaker: Jennifer Lockman
Session 3: Sexual and Gender Diverse Health Disparities
Perspectives from LGBTQ Youth: Associations between Risk Factors, Mattering to the Community, and Making a Suicide Plan
Speaker: Ryan Kamkar
Clarifying the relationship between suicidal thoughts and behaviors among sexual and gender minorities assigned male at birth
Speaker: Johnny Berona
Authenticity or Death: Gender Diverse Suicide Attempt Survivors’ Interactions with Stigma
Speaker: Sara Williams
Suicide Prevention Interventions for LGBTQ+ Adults: A Scoping Review
Speaker: Cindy Chang
Session 4: Family, Caregivers, and Acquaintances: Risk and Recovery (no recording available)
Suicide Intervention Support for Caregivers: Acceptability and Feasibility of a Family and Friend Follow-up Program
Speaker: Jessica Dodge
Dyadic Process and Dynamics of Family Caregiving and Receiving in Suicide Recovery
Speaker: Merimee Siena
Discussing Suicide with Family and Friends: Do Gatekeeper Trainings Affect Perceived Social Norms?
Speaker: Fatima Hussain
Operationalizations of Maltreatment Severity and Frequency and Differential Associations with Youth Suicidal Ideation Statement
Speaker: Metzli Lombera
Session 5: Firearms
Differences in firearm storage practices among United States military service members who have and have not disclosed suicidal thoughts or attended behavioral health sessions
Speaker: Michael Anestis
Examining associations between suicidality and having carried a firearm using the Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Speaker: Erik Reinbergs
The Association Between Firearm Ownership, Access, and Recent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Speaker: Samantha Daruwala
Do you own a firearm?: Determining who is screened for firearm access by health care providers
Speaker: Allison Bond
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT (1:00-2:00PM EDT)
Poster Session I
11:05 AM – 12:30 PM PDT (2:00-3:30PM EDT)
Symposia/Workshops
Session 1: Essentials of Ethical Research with Human Subjects at Risk for Suicide
Speakers: Jessica LaCroix, Marjan Holloway, Max Stivers, Amber Winters, Adam Walsh
Session 2: How mathematical and computational modeling can contribute to suicide research
Speakers: Alexander Millner, Shirley Wang, Aliona Tsypes
Session 3: Suicide Prevention in Corrections Settings: Screening, Assessment, Training, and Evaluation
Speakers: Lewis Peiper, Robert Cramer, Corbin Standley, M. Kathryn Allison, Alexandra Karydi
Session 4: The Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention: Addressing Suicide Risk in Clinical and Community Settings (no recording available)
Speakers: Julie Gorzkowski, Lisa Horowitz, Christine Moutier, Maryland Pao
Speakers: Judith Hirschmiller, Mareike Ernst, Tamara Schwinn, Manfred Beutel
12:35 PM – 1:35 PM PDT (3:35-4:35PM EDT)
Oral Presentations
Session 1: Capability for Suicide (no recording available)
Speakers: Speakers: Lissa Mandell, Luke Bayliss, Frances Hart, Kallisse Dent
Session 2: Healthcare Workers
Speakers: Jennifer Ferrand, Yali Deng, Morica Hutchison, Samantha Weiss
Session 3: Cross-Cultural Considerations
Speakers: Steven Stack, Brandon Yip, David Jack, Parvathy Ramesh
Session 4: Lived Experience/Stigma
Speakers: Rebecca Helman, Taylor Rodriguez, Sara Williams, Samantha Chalker
Session 5: Program Evaluation (no recording available)
Speakers: Darnesha Tabor, Allie Schuck, Natalie Ray, Shelby Bandel
1:40 PM – 2:25 PM PDT (4:40-5:25PM EDT)
Data Blitz Presentations I
Networking/Mentoring Sessions
Networking/Mentoring Session 1: Networking and Navigating Academic Careers
Cheryl King
David Klonsky
Megan Rogers
Raymond Tucker
Networking/Mentoring Session 2: Careers in Suicide Prevention
Victor Armstrong
Robert Cramer
Jennifer Lockman
Corbin Standley
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT (5:30-6:00PM EDT)
Plenary Session:
Realizing the Promise of Single-Session Interventions (SSIs) for Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Speaker: Jessica Schleider, PhD
Abstract: Across >50 years of research, existing interventions for suicidal thoughts and behaviors remain ineffective and inaccessible for many young people in need of mental health support. Evidence-based single-session interventions (SSIs) are well-positioned to rapidly increase access to supports, precisely at moments of need. SSIs mitigate key treatment access-barriers: many are self-guided (offered online, requiring no therapist) or deliverable by lay health providers; completable from diverse locations; and 8-60 minutes in length, eliminating premature treatment dropout. SSIs are also effective for myriad mental health problems: To date, >70 trials suggest their capacity to reduce youth internalizing and externalizing symptoms, with sustained positive impacts up to 9 months later. However, many questions remain regarding SSIs' capacity to reduce suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people. In this talk, I will overview (1) how my research lab, the Lab for Scalable Mental Health, has developed and evaluated a suite of free, evidence-based, online and lay provider-delivered SSIs for depression and related difficulties; (2) how we have leveraged social media, non-profit, and government partnerships to disseminate our SSIs to >35,000 young people to date; and (3) our recent work exploring how SSIs can support youth experiencing suicidality. Lastly, I will propose a research agenda for elucidating whether, how, and for whom SSIs' can reduce youth suicidality, both within and outside formal healthcare systems.
Thursday, April 27
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM PDT (11:00-11:45AM EDT)
AFSP-Hosted Plenary Session:
Cultivating Culturally Relevant Suicide Prevention Research
Speakers: Dr. Sherry Molock, Dr. Yovanska Duarte-Velez, Dr. Mary Cwik
8:50 AM – 9:50 AM PDT (11:50-12:50PM EDT)
Oral Presentations
Session 1: Short-Term Risk
Utility of ecological momentary assessments and passive sensing in predicting short-term suicidal ideation
Speaker: Ewa Czyz
A Real-Time Evaluation of Within-Person and Between-Person Risk for Suicidal Behaviors
Speaker: Megan Rogers
The Warning Signs for Suicide Attempts Assessment (WSSA): Development and Validity
Speaker: Courtney Bagge
Isolating Causal Mechanisms Underlying Social Pain and Suicidal Behaviors: An Experimental Approach in a High-Risk Sample
Speaker: Sarah Brown
Session 2: Suicide Prevention Trainings
Implementation of Advanced Training in the Safety Planning Intervention in the Department of Veterans Affairs
Speaker: Gregory Brown
Developing Metrics to Assess National Progress in Advancing Best Practices in Care Transitions for Individuals with Suicide Risk
Speaker: Shari Schneider
Don't Tell Me, Show Me: Leveraging Simulation in Training Graduate Students in Suicide-Specific Interventions
Speaker: Bre Banks
Gatekeeper Training Interventions for Suicide Prevention in Multicultural Contexts
Speaker: Steven MacDonald Hart
Session 3: Ethnoracial Health Disparities
Why Race Matters: An Analysis of Risk Factors, Warning Signs, and Protective Factors in Those at Risk of Suicide
Speaker: Victoria Orr
Cultural Consensus Modeling to Identify Reasons for Suicide and Reasons for Living among Black Adolescents
Speaker: Danielle Busby
Factors Associated with Black Youth Suicidality
Speaker: Wenna Xi
Reconceptualizing cultural factors and suicide: Black women and suicidal ideation and attempts
Speaker: Akeem Modeste-James
Session 4: Risk Profiles
A Latent Profile Analysis of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempts in At-Risk First-Year College Students
Speaker: Nadia Al-Dajani
Longitudinal network analyses of biopsychosocial risk factors for early onset suicidal ideation
Speaker: Gemma Wallace
Predicting Concurrent Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation from Implicit, Explicit, and Sociodemographic Measures - A Comparative Machine Learning Analysis
Speaker: Sercan Kahveci, René Freichel
Personality Domains Are Associated with Different Levels of Suicidality: First Steps in Personalized Suicide Interventions
Speaker: Martina Fruhbauerova
Session 5: Biological/Medical
Preliminary findings from a pilot study of Brief Cognitive BehavioralTherapy for Suicide Prevention for the disability community: The Disability Suicide Prevention Intervention Research (D-SPIRE) study
Speaker: Lauren Khazem
Palliative care use reduces suicide risk among Medicare enrollees with incident cancer diagnoses
Speaker: Molly Nowels
Blood-based Biomarkers Associated with a Recent Suicide Attempt in Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Speaker: Faith Dickerson
A Retrospective Comparison of Suicide Attempts in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Speaker: Candice Do
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PDT (1:00-2:00PM EDT)
Poster Session II
11:05 AM – 12:30 PM PDT (2:05-3:30PM EDT)
Symposia/Workshops
Session 1: Co-occurring suicidality, nonsuicidal self-injury, and OCD: Assessment, treatment, and research considerations
Speakers: Morgan Browning, Rebecca Schneider, Hana Young, Elizabeth Lloyd-Richardson, Alexandra Morena
Session 2: Programmatic Highlights from Scientific Interdisciplinarity and Collaboration Among Suicidology Researchers and Chaplains in the U.S. Military
Speakers: Su Yeon Lee-Tauler, Marjan Holloway, Chaplain John Miyahara, Sarah Carter, Kathryn Holloway
Session 3: Advances in Sexual and Gender Minority Suicide Prevention Research
Speakers: Ryan Robertson, McKenna Tate, Sarah Victor, John Gunn III, Byron Brooks, Robert Cramer
Session 4: Social Factors and Suicide: New Developments
Speakers: Ian Rockett, Anna Mueller, Silvia Sara Canetto, Steven Stack, Mark Kaplan
Session 5: Communicating the science of suicide prevention: A call to action
Speakers: Allison Bond, Jessica Hamilton, Kathryn Gordon, Simone Boyd, Michael Anestis
12:35 PM – 1:20 PM PDT (3:35-4:20PM EDT)
Data Blitz Presentations II
Networking/Mentoring Sessions
Networking/Mentoring Session 3: Building Community Partnerships for Community-Informed Research
Panelists:
Mary Cwik
Jessica Hamilton
Sherry Molock
Lisa Wexler
Networking/Mentoring Session 4: Obtaining and Maintaining Research Grant Funding
Panelists:
Gregory Brown
David Jobes
Michael Nadorff
Linda Oshin
1:25 PM – 2:25 PM PDT (4:25-5:25PM EDT)
Oral Presentations
Session 1: Smartphone-Based Interventions
Smartphone interventions for suicidality: A systematic review of published literature
Speaker: Roscoe Garner
Ecological momentary assessment of emotion regulation as a mechanism of efficacy in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Speaker: Shireen Rizvi
Technology Assisted Coaching in Time (TACIT): A pilot trial of a fidelity coaching tool for safety planning
Speaker: Shane Kuhlman
A technology-facilitated version of the ED-SAFE intervention: A pilot trial with suicidal ED patients
Speaker: Celine Larkin
Session 2: Suicide Risk Recognition, Treatment Linkage, and Crisis Services
Peer Role(s) Across State 9-8-8 Mental Health Crisis Legislation: A Qualitative Study
Speaker: Sarah Porter
Crisis Intercept Mapping for Community-Based Suicide Prevention: Implications for the rollout of 988
Speaker: Donald Harris
Voice signal characteristics can be used to identify suicide risk
Speaker: Ravi Iyer
Session 3: Policy and Equity Considerations
The politics of LGBTQ+ suicide prevention: from lip service to liveable lives
Speaker: Hazel Marzetti
Conversion Therapy Bans, Suicidality, and Mental Health
Speaker: Benjamin Harrell
Risk and Protective Factors of Suicidal Ideation in American Indian/Alaskan Native Emerging Adults
Speaker: Elyse Thulin
Mental Health and Suicide Risk in Rural New York: Strengths and Challenges as Reported by Residents and Professionals
Speaker: Katharine Gallant
Session 4: Interpersonal Factors
The impact of daily interpersonal ruptures on suicidal ideation in high-risk clinical subjects
Speaker: Katie Lewis
Examining variations in interpersonal hopelessness and suicidal ideation in college students reporting past-two-week suicidal ideation
Speaker: Jessica Gerner
Stress exposure and stress generation: Examining longitudinal pathways between suicidal ideation
Speaker: Maya Amestoy
Caring Cards to and from Veterans: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Peer Approach to Suicide Prevention and Recovery
Speaker: Blaire Ehret
Session 5: Military/Veteran Populations
Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Active-Duty United States Military Members with Suicidal Ideation
Speaker: Andrew Pomerville
The Association Between Not Receiving the Purple Heart Medal and Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Post-9/11 US Army Combat Veterans with a Traumatic Brain Injury.
Speaker: Jayna Moceri-Brooks
Military experiences, identity, and transition as predictors of Veteran suicide risk
Speaker: Terra Osterberg
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Boat: Implications of the Iceberg Model of Suicidality Evaluated in a Large Clinical Trial Cohort of Suicidal U.S. Military Personnel
Speaker: Amanda Kerbrat
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT (5:30-6:00PM EDT)
Plenary Session:
Suicide Prevention in the Digital Age: Exploring Best Practices and Challenges in Using Technology-Based Approaches.
Panelists: Dr. Kate Comtois, Dr. Ewa Czyz, Dr. Linda Dimeff
Abstract: As technology increasingly permeates our daily lives, it presents a unique opportunity to enhance suicide prevention efforts and provide accessible, personalized support to those at risk. This panel discussion features distinguished experts who have been at the forefront of developing and implementing innovative technology-based solutions for suicide prevention. Dr. Dimeff has been working on Jaspr Health, a tablet-based app that provides evidence-based care to people who are acutely suicidal and seeking psychiatric crisis services in the Emergency Department. Dr. Comtois has been conducting research on delivering Caring Contacts via text messages for the past decade and recently completed a fully online randomized controlled trial comparing mental health apps for essential workers and those unemployed due to COVID-19. She is also studying patient preferences and the ethical, legal, and social implications of digital intervention options for those at suicide risk. Dr. Czyz has been applying adaptive interventions to provide tailored support and integrating mobile technology to augment suicide-specific interventions. During the panel discussion, the speakers will address key considerations surrounding patient preferences and digital ethics while exploring the advantages and disadvantages of using technology in suicide prevention.
Friday, April 28
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM PDT (11:00-11:45AM EDT)
Concurrent Plenary Sessions:
Scaling Up Suicide Prevention: Exploring Public Health Strategies.
Panelists: Dr. David Buys, Dr. Alex Crosby, Dr. Holly Wilcox
Abstract: Not everyone who is at risk for suicide seeks help from mental health professionals. Public health approaches to preventing suicide can help reduce suicide rates on a larger scale because of its wider reach. This panel discussion brings together experts in public health to explore different public health approaches that can be used for suicide prevention. Dr. Buys has been working on upstream, prevention-oriented approach to suicide prevention with the Mississippi State University Extension. Dr. Crosby has worked extensively on the prevention of suicidal behavior and other forms of violence in his former role at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC).Dr. Wilcox has been working on implementing policies and programs that can help reduce suicide while building partnerships with stakeholders across different disciplines in the public and private sectors to increase national reach.Through this panel discussion, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with panelists and gain a deeper understanding of how public health strategies can be utilized to effectively prevent suicide.
Rethinking Safety Planning for Effective Suicide Prevention: is it necessary, and is it sufficient?
Panelists: Ms. Lisa Lovejoy, Dr. Carolina Velez-Grau, Dr. Anthony Pisani
Abstract: Safety planning is an evidence-based intervention that has been widely adopted in suicide prevention guidelines and protocols. However, there are many shortcomings in the implementation of safety planning that limits its effectiveness. This panel discussion brings together diverse perspectives from Ms. Lovejoy, Dr. Velez-Grau, and Dr. Pisani to examine the strengths and limitations of safety planning and discuss potential areas for improvement. Ms. Lovejoy will share her lived experience, while Dr. Velez-Grau will provide insights into increasing engagement and integrating culturally appropriate strategies for safety planning. Dr. Pisani will draw from his extensive work on brief interventions for suicide prevention to highlight the challenges of balancing standardization and personalization when it comes to safety planning. This panel discussion will provide the audience with a nuanced understanding of the effectiveness and limitations of safety planning and identify ways to enhance its use as a suicide prevention strategy.
8:50 AM – 10:15 AM PDT (11:50-1:15PM EDT)
Symposia/Workshops
Speakers: Alejandra Galvez-Merlin, Alejandro de la Torre-Luque, Andres Pemau, Adriana Garcia-Ramos
Speakers: Hillary Steinberg, Olivia DeCrane, Katherine Beardall, Robert Gallagher, Bernice Perscosolido, Anna Mueller
Speakers: Christopher Button, Jessica LaCroix, Marjan Holloway, Erin Cobb, Anderson Rowan
Session 4: Ethics and Safety of Self-Directed Violence Research: Benefits, Risks, and Challenges
Speakers: Ryan Robertson, Ryan Hill, Morgan Browning, Glenn Kiekens, Megan Rogers
Session 5: Innovative Approaches to the Evaluation of Suicide Prevention across Service Sectors
Speakers: Andrew Luchner, Lisa Borntrager, Kim Gryglewicz, Marc Karver, Christine Totura
10:20 AM – 11:45 AM PDT (1:20-2:45PM EDT)
Symposia/Workshops
Speakers: Marjan Holloway, Su Yeon Lee-Tauler, Erin Cobb, Jessica LaCroix, Adam Walsh
Speakers: Beverlin Rosario-Williams, Adam Jaroszewski, Lily Martin, Vera Vine, Jeremy Stewart
Speakers: Ashley Filion, Sarah Victor, Susan Rasmussen, Justin Baker, Robert Crame
Speakers: Abby Ridge-Anderson, Rokas Perskaudas, Alison Athey, David Jobes
Session 5: Safety and Support: Facilitating Emergency Mental Health Research
Speakers: Jason Chen, Erica Abel, Michael Ward
11:55 AM – 12:55 PM PDT (2:55-3:55PM EDT)
Oral Presentations
Session 1: Contextual Stressors/Risk Factors
Financial Distress and Suicide Risk among Active-Duty Service Members
Speaker: Jessica Welburn Paige
Environmental stress and suicide attempts in Army soldiers and Veterans: Insights from Army STARRS Longitudinal Studies
Speaker: Gabriella Epshteyn
Do suicidal deaths correlate with alcohol and drug-related deaths? A close look at deaths of despair in Washington, 2009-2020
Speaker: Katherine O’Connell
The Role of Social Media Following a Youth Suicide
Speaker: Rebecca Mirick
Session 2: Emergency Department/Acute Care
Opportunities and considerations for the role of acute and intensive care nurses in suicide prevention
Speaker: Doyanne Darnell
Treatment of Patients Presenting With Suicidal Behavior in North American Pediatric Emergency Departments
Speaker: Megan Mroczkowski
Supporting Pediatricians in Identifying and Responding to Intentional Self-Poisoning in Young People
Speaker: Paige Song
RELATE: Preliminary Evaluation Outcomes of a Recovery-Oriented Crisis Transitions Program for Youth
Speaker: Jennifer Lockman
Session 3: Specific Populations
Challenging the inevitability of prison suicide: ‘Complicated pains – simple responses’
Speaker: Alex Oaten
Predictors of death by suicide among Medicare disability enrollees surviving medically-treated opioid overdoses
Speaker: Molly Nowels
Does suicidality in veterinarians reflect trends in the general population? Trends across career stages and a test of the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
Speaker: Sydney Waitz-Kudla
The Toll of Medical Suffering: Suicide Risk, Pain, and Hopelessness in Adult Medical Inpatients
Speaker: Patrick Ryan
Session 4: Text and Data Mining
Disrupt Veteran Suicide Black Box Project
Speaker: Randel Keith Hotle
A computational model of social network interventions for suicide
Speaker: Ian Cero
Modeling the Helpfulness of Discussions about Suicide on the Subreddit /r/SuicideWatch
Speaker: Andrew Switzer
Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness in text messages of suicide attempt survivors
Speaker: Ilana Ladis
Session 5: Violence, Trauma, and COVID-19
Effect of gun ownership on violence: a division-level longitudinal analysis in the USA
Speaker: Jacob James Rich
School shootings that end in suicide: A descriptive analysis using the K-12 School Shooting Database
Speaker: Erik Reinbergs
The global prevalence of suicide during the post-discharge period in adult survivors of unintentional trauma without traumatic brain injury: a systematic review
Speaker: Hassan Nassar
The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on attempted suicide calls for police service
Speaker: Sarah Al Falatah
1:00 PM – 2:25 PM PDT (4:00-5:25PM EDT)
Symposia/Workshops
Session 1: Repetitive Negative Thinking and Control in Suicidality
Speakers: Swanaya Gurjar, Elizabeth Mattera, Morgan Buerke, Megan Rogers
Speakers: Amy Brausch, Natasha Drobotenko, Lauren Khazem, Dean Tripp, Emily Lund, Jeremy Stewart
Speakers: Frances Aunon, Alexis Blessing, Patricia Russell, Bryann DeBeer, Sandra Morissette
Session 4: Shifting the Mindset on Mental Health and Help-Seeking with REACH and REACH–Spouse
Speakers: Olga Shechter, Olivia Ashley, Laura Neely, Kathryn Holloway
Speakers: Olivia Pollak, Andrea Wiglesworth, Olga Tymofiyeva, Matthew Clayton, Bonnie Klimes-Dougan
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM PDT (5:30PM-6:00PM EDT)
Closing Session and Next Steps
Speakers: SRS Steering Committee