Youth & Young Adult Depression & Suicide Prevention (YDSP)

• Youth-Nominated Support Team (YST): Led by Dr. Alejandra Arango, YST is an evidence-based adjunctive intervention for young people with elevated suicide risk.
• Developing an Adaptive Intervention for Suicidal Adolescents Following Inpatient Hospitalization: Led by Dr. Ewa Czyz, this project pilots a technology-augmented, adaptive intervention to reduce suicide risk after teens are discharged from inpatient care.
• Low-burden Adaptive Mobile Interventions for Mood & Suicide Risk: Led by Dr. Adam Horowitz, this project develops adaptive, personalized digital interventions for college students to recognize early signs of mental health decline and provide timely resources.
• Papageno Project: This AFSP-funded pilot quasi-experimental study involved filming and testing interviews of young adults with hopeful stories of overcoming suicide crisis. A first publication titled "A 'Papageno' Story Interview Suicide Prevention Intervention for Young Adults With Past-Month Suicidal Ideation: Uncontrolled Single-Group Pilot Study of Feedback and Acceptability" by Jane Harness, Kamara Gardner, Jessica Schleider and Cheryl King was recently published in JMIR Formative Research.
• Project HOPE, Virtual Hope Box Enhanced Intervention for High-Risk Suicidal Veterans Following Inpatient Care: Dr. Courtney Bagge and collaborators lead a VA-funded study to evaluate a brief, personalized, technology-based intervention to reduce suicide risk after Veterans are discharged from inpatient care.
• Promoting Resilience and Outreach through Multi-tiered Interventions & Supportive Environments (PROMISE): Led by Dr. Polly Gipson, PROMISE implements trauma-informed, multi-level interventions in urban schools to support adolescents exposed to trauma and promote resilience.
• Store Safely: This CDC-funded R01 led by Dr. Ewell Foster uses a hybrid 2 effectiveness-implementation design to test a culturally tailored firearm secure storage intervention with rural community partners.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Funded Projects

Our team has a number of projects funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, including: 

• 24-Hour Warning Signs for Adolescent Suicide Attempts: This NIMH-funded study recruits at-risk youth to identify near-term warning signs for suicide attempts by comparing behaviors, emotions, and risk factors during a 24-hour period.
• SOS, Detecting Signs of Suicide Risk within Patients: Dr. Courtney Bagge and collaborators lead a NIMH-funded study to determine warning signs for suicide within patient narratives to inform risk detection and personalized intervention.
• Text-Based Support for Parents of Suicidal Adolescents (TESP): This NIMH-funded effectiveness-implementation trial led by Dr. Czyz evaluates a caregiver-facing texting intervention for youth at elevated suicide risk.
• WeCARE, A System of Care for Black Youth at Risk for Suicide: Dr. Cheryl King and collaborators lead a NIMH-funded project to study an emergency-services-based system of care for Black youth at risk for suicide.
• YST Detroit: This NIMH-funded R34 led by Dr. Ewell Foster integrates the Youth Nominated Support Team with CBT for Suicide Prevention for Black youth served in Detroit’s public mental health system.

• Advancement of Suicide Prevention Intervention and Risk Evaluation (ASPIRE) Lab 
• Mobile Health and Adaptive Interventions Lab (mHail) Lab
• Suicide Prevention Research in the Community Lab (SPRCL)
• Suicide Prevention, Treatment, & Research (STaR) Lab