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Effectiveness of Pharmacological Interventions to Prevent Suicidal Behaviors among Individuals at High Suicide Risk: A Target Trial Emulation

2024 Early Career Research

Amount Awarded: $139,473

Focus Areas: , Clinical Treatment

Gonzalo Martinez-Ales, M.D., Ph.D.

Gonzalo Martinez-Ales, M.D., Ph.D.

Mount Sinai Hospital

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Currently, there is no evidence regarding the role of commonly prescribed antidepressants in suicide prevention for individuals at high suicide risk, largely because of lack of randomized trials. This project will use electronic health records on 150,000 individuals and recently developed data science methods for causal inference to understand effectiveness and safety of antidepressants, as a group, and of specific antidepressant medications, for suicide prevention, a critical question with major implications for clinical decision-making.