Assessment of Suicide and Self-Injury to Enhance School Safety
2017 Linked Standard Research Grant
Amount Awarded: $187,025
Focus Area: Community Intervention Studies
Aaron Lyon, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Paul Thompson, Ph.D.
Dartmouth College
Molly Adrian, Ph.D.
University of Washington
Inside the Research
Question: Can student-generated social media be used to detect and monitor suicide risk?
Strategy: Use machine learning to analyze social media data from 300 students to develop and test algorithms to identify teens at risk in a school setting.
Impact: Improved identification of adolescents at risk for suicide.