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BACKGROUND: International students frequently report suicidal thoughts, yet often do not access support. Bud is a co-designed, self-guided mobile app developed as an upstream suicide-prevention intervention targeting transdiagnostic mechanisms related to suicide risk. AIM: To evaluate the effectiveness, acceptability, engagement, and safety of Bud compared with an active and structured psychoeducational comparator. MATERIALS AND METHOD…
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BACKGROUND: Suicide in young people is a global priority and strengthening mental health support in education is central to England's suicide prevention strategy. Few studies have examined in detail the individual characteristics of higher-education students nationally who died by suicide. We aimed to describe individual and institutional characteristics of suspected student suicide, contact with support services, and adherence to sect…
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BACKGROUND: Community Helper Training (CHT) equips people to identify and support individuals thinking about suicide. Most CHT occurs in person, but interest in online delivery is growing. Living Works Start is a 90 min online CHT designed to improve recognition of warning signs, confidence, and willingness to help. AIMS: Evaluate learning outcomes from Start using quality assurance (QA) data, examine the efficacy of online CHT, and de…
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INTRODUCTION: Passive suicidal ideation (SI) is a well-established risk factor for suicidal behavior but has received less attention than active SI. Although recent work has leveraged intensive longitudinal data and machine learning (ML) to forecast short-term risk for active SI, passive SI remains understudied as a prediction target. METHODS: Seventy-eight psychiatrically hospitalized youth (ages 13-17 years) completed baseline assess…