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Research & Innovation
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For the latest cutting-edge research, innovative collaborations and remarkable discoveries in child health, read stories from across all our areas of study in Q: Advances and Answers in Pediatric Health.
Youth Suicide Prevention and Research (S6:E46)
One of the most concerning trends in child health is the increase in suicide rates over the last two decades in the United States. Suicide is the second leading cause of death in teenagers and young adults, and we should be alarmed, both as pediatricians and citizens. We also need to ask questions about what this says about our society, what kind of promise and opportunity kids see for themselves, whether they are receiving the support they need and whether our healthcare system has the capacity to manage kids before and during a mental health crisis.
Listen to pediatric experts discuss youth suicide research and screening tools
As part of our ongoing mental health series, in this episode, Lisa Horowitz, PhD, MPH, and Jeff Bridge, PhD, join us to discuss the alarming increase in youth suicide rates and some potential solutions for prevention.
Dr. Horowitz is a pediatric psychologist and senior associate scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Intramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. She is a principal investigator at the NIMH, studying the detection of suicide risk in the medical setting.
Dr. Bridge is an epidemiologist and director of the Center for Suicide Prevention and Research at the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. He also holds the Nationwide Foundation Endowed Chair of Innovation in Behavioral Health Research and is a professor of pediatrics, psychiatry and behavioral Health at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.
In this episode, our experts discuss:
- Youth suicide epidemiological trends
- Opportunities for identifying kids at risk for suicide
- Developing the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool for emergency departments
- Triaging with a suicide safety assessment
- Creating a center for youth suicide prevention at Nationwide Children’s
- Implementing a suicide screening clinical pathway in primary care practices
- The importance of screening all patients
- Introducing mental health in early education
- The Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention for pediatric health clinicians
Listen here or on your podcast platform of choice, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts.
Pediatric mental health at Children’s Colorado
At Children's Colorado, we're committed to helping all healthcare professionals improve the quality of life for children with mental and behavioral health conditions. Get the latest in pediatric mental health information to better your practice, improve the lives of your patients and learn about developments within our mental health programs.