Immediate warning signs in the day after a suicide attempt for hospitalized adults
Official title: Mixed methods examination of warning signs within 24 hours of suicide attempt in hospitalized adults
Funded at University of Michigan at Ann Arbor · NIH-11088235 · Data updated 2026-11-12
This work looks for short-term warning signs in adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt by asking them to tell their story and analyzing their words and responses.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Michigan at Ann Arbor NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Ann Arbor, United States) |
| Project start | July 1, 2023 |
| Project end | May 31, 2027 |
| Funding year | 2025 |
| Award (this year) | $774,353 |
| NIH project number | 5R01MH133587-03 |
| Project ID | NIH-11088235 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Adults (age 21 and older) currently hospitalized for a suicide attempt at one of the participating academic medical centers who can give a narrative interview.
✕Less likely to help
People under 21, those not hospitalized or treated outside the participating hospitals, or anyone unable or unwilling to discuss their attempt may not receive direct benefit from participating.
What this research studies
If you are hospitalized after a suicide attempt, researchers will ask you to tell the story of what happened and will record interviews and other clinical information. The team will recruit 400 adults at two academic medical centers in the Upper Midwest and combine careful review of narratives with quantitative analysis. They will use mixed methods and language-analysis algorithms to find patterns and time frames (minutes, hours, or a day) when warning signs appear. The goal is to identify which near-term signs best predict repeat attempts and compare those to the warning signs already used in acute care.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the findings could help clinicians and crisis workers spot immediate warning signs and make safer decisions about admission and crisis interventions.
How similar studies have gone: There is prior suicide-risk research, but combining precise near-term timing of warning signs with narrative language algorithms is relatively new and promising though not yet proven.
Where this research is happening
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University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Bagge, Courtney L — University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
- Study coordinator: Bagge, Courtney L
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.