Using Smartphone GPS Data to Detect the Risk of Adolescent Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Suicide rates among adolescents continue to rise, but there are a lack of clinical tools to predict when youths may be at risk for suicidal behaviors.

Objective

To identify whether geolocation metrics, assessed through an app installed on adolescents' personal smartphones, could detect the risk of next-week suicidal events and clinically meaningful suicidal ideation.

Design, setting, and participants

This case series study included high-risk adolescents aged 13 to 18 years reporting a current affective and/or substance use disorder, oversampled for suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB). Participants were recruited from the greater New York City and Pittsburgh communities through psychiatric outpatient programs, emergency departments, medical center research

SUBMITTER: Auerbach RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11773992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature