Novel personalized screening tool to better detect suicidal youths – News-Medical.Net

The suicide rate among American adolescents has rose drastically over the last decade, but many at-risk youths aren’t receiving the mental health services they need.
In fact, one of the greatest challenges is identifying the young people who need the most help.
Now, researchers have developed a personalized system to better detect suicidal youths. The novel, universal screening tool helps caregivers reliably predict an adolescent’s suicide risk – alerting them to which ones need follow-up interventions…

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