All Articles on Prevention
Detecting, assessing suicidal ideation during COVID-19Drs. Greg Simon and Megan Gary share how new processes improved suicide risk identification when mental health visits went virtual.
From 17 years to 17 months: Implementation of suicide risk assessmentDr. Greg Simon discusses the fast uptake of a new system for predicting patients’ suicide risk, arising from work by the Mental Health Research Network.
How is biostatistician Susan Shortreed improving care?A love of problem-solving, math, and health science drive Dr. Shortreed’s work for better mental health treatment.
Stopping violence: What can health care do right now?Dr. David Grossman, with Dr. Bechara Choucair, has ideas for reducing harm to patients and the workforce
How to prevent suicide by firearms?Julie Richards’ study is one of the first three funded by Kaiser Permanente’s Firearm Injury Prevention Task Force
Suicide prevention must embrace complexities and nuanceResearchers and practitioners have to respect individuality while developing large-scale solutions, says Dr. Gregory Simon.
Dr. Greg Simon wins national suicide prevention awardKaiser Permanente physician-scientist will receive American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s Lifesavers Research Award.
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