Resource Tag: APPLICATION SOFTWARE

Indigenous Australian youth (aged 15 to 34) have up to four times the risk of suicide compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts. Barriers to help-seeking include shame, feared loss of autonomy and negative attitudes towards healthcare providers. The use of mobile devices and apps continues to rise amongst young people, thus presenting opportunities to utilize these […]

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The imperative reason for suicide was analyzed using Combined Overlap Block Fuzzy Cognitive Maps. This method becomes effective when a number of concepts can be grouped & are large in numbers. The first section of this paper gives information about the development of fuzzy cognitive maps, & the second section gives preliminaries of fuzzy cognitive […]

The authors sought to implement routine screening of suicide ideation & associated conditions using computerized patient-reported outcome assessments. 2 academic HIV primary care clinics enrolled patients who attended scheduled visits from December 2005-February 2009. Touch-screen, computer-based patient-reported outcome assessments were implemented into routine clinical care. Overall, 1216 patients completed the initial assessment during the study […]

Historically, suicide risk assessment has relied on question-&-answer tools. These tools, built on psychometric advances, are widely used because of availability. Yet there is no known tool based on biologic & cognitive evidence. This absence often causes a vexing clinical problem for clinicians who question the value of the result as time passes. This paper […]

This paper presents the authors’ second attempt to determine the role of computational algorithms in understanding a suicidal patient’s thoughts as represented by suicide notes. It was hypothesized that machine learning algorithms can categorize suicide notes as well as mental health professionals & psychiatric trainees do. 33 notes from suicide victims were matched to 33 […]

This chapter suggests that the violent video games written by Eric Harris (one of the Columbine High School shooters) represented an externalization of his mindset. Computer games allow for the creation of individual scenarios & a self-destructive game may be created. Access to these scenarios may prevent suicidal or violent behaviour. They may be profiled […]

This article is a transcript of a conversation between the author & Edwin Shneidman on August 19, 2008. Recent advances in machine learning, particularly neurocognitive computing, have provided a fresh approach to the idea of using computers to analyze the language of the suicidal person. Here this notion & many others are discussed. (15 refs.) […]

This report describes the implementation & findings of a community-based suicide prevention initiative. The project aimed to use the experience & knowledge of the Yarrabah community as a model for other indigenous communities for the establishment of effective & sustainable community-based approaches to building resilience, reducing suicide risk exposure, & reducing self-harm. An accompanying series […]

This document presents Suicide Prevention Australia’s position on the development of specific strategies for suicide prevention in rural & remote Australian communities. Topics discussed include rural suicide risk factors, suicide among younger people in rural areas, access to means, the accessibility & availability of support mechanisms, social stigma & mental health literacy, the vicarious effects […]

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Human Language Technology Conference, 2008, Columbus, Ohio

The objective of this study was to compare specific treatment & outcome variables between mental health care via videoconferencing to care provided in person. The study was a retrospective record review of service members & their adult civilian family members seen at 2 remotely located military bases. Passive or intermittent suicide ideation was noted in […]

This Commission was established to study the problems & gaps in the mental health system in the United States & to make concrete recommendations for immediate improvements that all levels of government, local agencies, & public & private health care providers can implement. 6 goals & the ways in which these can be achieved are […]

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Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

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Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh