suicide

Study: App-backed intervention led to nonsignificant decrease in teen suicide attempts

By Dave Muoio 01:48 pm July 23, 2018

Suicide attempts were less frequent, albeit nonsignificantly, among adolescents who received an inpatient suicide intervention supported in the following weeks by a specialized app, according to a new study published in The American Journal of Psychiatry. Both the three-hour As Safe As Possible (ASAP) in-person intervention and the app, called BRITE, look to educate patients on various coping...

Facebook adds artificial intelligence to its suicide prevention tools

By Heather Mack 02:52 pm March 1, 2017

After building up the human component of their network of suicide prevention organizations, Facebook is now bringing in the machines: The social media company announced they have updated their suicide prevention tools with artificial intelligence to identification of those at risk as well as improve the reporting process and speed up response time. On a company blog post from Vanessa Callison-...