Using smartphone surveys to predict next-week suicide attempts.

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Brief smartphone-based surveys can predict next-week suicide attempts and suicide-related events with a high degree of accuracy. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Matthew K. Nock; Evan M. Kleiman; Kate H. Bentley; Rebecca G. Fortgang; Alexander J. Millner; Kelly L. Zuromski; Adam Bear; Alexis Christie; Merryn Daniel; Dylan DeMarco; Lia Follet; Flynn Kelly; Hope Neveux; Onyinye Obi-Obasi; Jordyn R. Ricard; Narise Ramlal; Tida Tambedou; Yaniv Yacoby; Suzanne Bird; Ralph Buonapane; Abigail Donovan; Patrick Mair; Jukka-Pekka Onnela; Rosalind Picard; Jordan W. Smoller

doi:10.1037/abn0001117

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The aim is to evaluate the accuracy of smartphone surveys in predicting suicide attempts within the following week.
Utilized brief smartphone-based surveys for participants at risk of suicide.
Analysis of prediction accuracy metrics with a focus on next-week suicide attempts.
Surveys indicated a prediction accuracy of 0.88-0.96 for next-week suicide attempts.
Findings suggest significant potential for intervening immediately after high-risk assessments.

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Shows that smartphone surveys predict next-week suicide attempts, suggesting new intervention strategies.

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= 0.88-0.96). Brief smartphone-based surveys can predict next-week SAs/SREs with a fairly high degree of accuracy. Future work is needed to further improve accuracy and test just-in-time interventions targeting high-risk periods. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved).

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