Research Publications
Discover the latest publications and research findings showcasing data-driven insights.
Zero Suicide Model Implementation and Suicide Attempt Rates in Outpatient Mental Health Care
Brian K. Ahmedani, PhD; Robert B. Penfold, PhD; Cathrine Frank, MD; Julie E. Richards, PhD; Christine Stewart, PhD; Jennifer M. Boggs, PhD; Karen J. Coleman, PhD; Stacy Sterling, PhD; Bobbi Jo H. Yarborough, PsyD; Gregory Clarke, PhD; Michael Schoenbaum, PhD; Erika M. Aguirre-Miyamoto, LCSW; Lee J. Barton, MS; Hsueh-Han Yeh, PhD; Joslyn Westphal, MPH; Sarah McDonald, MPH; Arne Beck, PhD; Rinad S. Beidas, PhD; Laura Richardson, PhD; Jacqueline M. Ryan, MPH; Edward T. Buckingham IV, MD; Stuart Buttlaire, PhD; Cambria Bruschke, MSW; Jean Flores, DrPH; Gregory E. Simon, MD, MPH. Zero Suicide Model Implementation and Suicide Attempt Rates in Outpatient Mental Health Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2025;8(4):e253721. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.3721
Effectiveness of Integrating Suicide Care in Primary Care
Julie Angerhofer Richards, PhD, MPH; Maricela Cruz, PhD; Christine Stewart, PhD; Amy K. Lee, MPH; Taylor C. Ryan, MPH; Brian K. Ahmedani, PhD, MSW; and Gregory E. Simon, MD, MPH. Effectiveness of Integrating Suicide Care in Primary Care: Secondary Analysis of a Stepped-Wedge, Cluster Randomized Implementation Trial . Annals of Internal Medicine. 2024 Oct 1. doi:10.7326/M24-0024
Share of Adult Suicides After Recent Jail Release
Ted R. Miller, PhD; Lauren M. Weinstock, PhD; Brian K. Ahmedani, PhD; Nancy N. Carlson, PhD, LCPC; Kimberly Sperber, PhD; Benjamin Lê Cook, PhD; Faye S. Taxman, PhD; Sarah A. Arias, PhD; Sheryl Kubiak, PhD; James W. Dearing, PhD; Geetha M. Waehrer, PhD; James G. Barrett, PhD; Jessica Hulsey, BA; Jennifer E. Johnson, PhD. Share of Adult Suicides After Recent Jail Release. JAMA Netw Open. 2024; 7(5):e249965. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.9965
Yarborough BJH, Ahmedani BK, Boggs JM, et al. Challenges of population-based measurement of suicide prevention activities across multiple health systems. EGEMS (Wash DC). 2019;7(1):13. doi:10.5334/egems.277
Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing a Firearm Safety Intervention in Pediatric Primary Care as a Universal Suicide Prevention Strategy: A Qualitative Study
Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD; Amelia E. Van Pelt, MPH; Shari Jager-Hyman, PhD; Brian K. Ahmedani, PhD; John E. Zeber, PhD; Joel A. Fein, MD, MPH; Gregory K. Brown, PhD; Courtney A. Gregor, BA; Adina Lieberman, MPH; Rinad S. Beidas, PhD. Stakeholder Perspectives on Implementing a Firearm Safety Intervention in Pediatric Primary Care as a Universal Suicide Prevention Strategy: A Qualitative Study. JAMA Netw Open. 2018; 1(7):e185309. 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.5309
Suicide in a health maintenance organization population
Coffey MJ, Coffey CE, Ahmedani BK. Suicide in a health maintenance organization population. JAMA Psychiatry. 2015;72(3):294-296. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2014.2440
Racial/ethnic differences in health care visits made before suicide attempt across the United States
Ahmedani, Brian K. PhD, LMSW; Stewart, Christine PhD; Simon, Gregory E. MD, MPH; Lynch, Frances PhD; Lu, Christine Y. PhD; Waitzfelder, Beth E. PhD; Solberg, Leif I. MD; Owen-Smith, Ashli A. PhD; Beck, Arne PhD; Copeland, Laurel A. PhD; Hunkeler, Enid M. MA; Rossom, Rebecca C. MD, MSCR; Williams, Keoki MD, MPH. Racial/ethnic differences in health care visits made before suicide attempt across the United States. Med Care. 2015;53(5):430-435. doi:10.1097/MLR.0000000000000335
Health care contacts in the year before suicide death
Brian K. Ahmedani PhD; Gregory E. Simon MD; Christine Stewart PhD; Arne Beck PhD; Beth E. Waitzfelder PhD; Rebecca Rossom MD; Frances Lynch PhD; Ashli Owen-Smith PhD; Enid M. Hunkeler MA; Ursula Whiteside PhD; Belinda H. Operskalski MPH; M. Justin Coffey MD; Leif I. Solberg MD. Health care contacts in the year before suicide death. J Gen Intern Med. 2014;29(6):870-877. doi:10.1007/s11606-014-2767-3