Nathan E Botts / Friday, December 21, 2018 / Categories: Mental Health Discover NIMH: Hope Through Early Prevention and Intervention Discover NIMH: Hope Through Early Prevention and Interventiono Suicide is a growing public health concern. One of the top priorities at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is to conduct research aimed at reversing the increasing national suicide rate. The goal of NIMH’s efforts is not only to identify at-risk individuals but to help them to improve their quality of life and to prevent suicide attempts. (0:18) Dr. Jane Pearson shares that NIMH’s research on suicide prevention is focused on finding people who are at high risk for suicide but have not yet attempted. NIMH is trying to improve the healthcare system’s ability to detect, treat, and prevent suicide. (0:52) Dr. Lisa Horowitz describes the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ), a suicide risk screening tool developed by NIMH intramural researchers. The ASQ toolkit includes a set of screening questions that can help nurses or physicians in medical settings successfully detect suicide risk and help save young people’s lives. (2:08) Dr. Michael Schoenbaum explains how NIMH also uses electronic health records and statistical methods to identify people at risk for suicide as well as reach out and offer additional assistance. (2:53) Dr. Eve Reider notes that NIMH is focusing research efforts to determine how to implement interventions in real-world communities. NIMH is also working to optimize current interventions and make them better. (3:33) Dr. Jane Pearson concludes that there are many things NIMH has learned that could be implemented today to prevent people from being in a crisis and ultimately save lives. For more information, visit www.nimh.nih.gov/suicideprevention or call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255. YouTube link: https://youtu.be/xwuWI3IVaTULink to original article Previous Article Discover NIMH: Hope for the Future Next Article Discover NIMH: Delivering Hope Through Research Print 353 Rate this article: No rating 0Upvote 0Downvote Leave a comment Name: Please enter a name. Email: Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Comment: Please enter comment. Add comment