Dr. Kim Van Orden

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NYAS Publications This study describes characteristics of suicide risk among community-dwelling older adults with clinically significant loneliness. Two hundred ninety-one adults aged 60 years and older completed asse...

Amidst global collective stress, I'm grateful to spend time discussing suicide prevention with my fellows. And to share this publication. I told our fellows, with our suicide prevention science, we are doing the work of healing the world. nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland

Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions

Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself

Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start.

Open to UK students only.

www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Hands off my science.

Automated Digital Safety Planning Interventions for Young Adults: Qualitative Study Using Online Co-design Methods Background: Young adults in the United States are experiencing accelerating rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors but have the lowest rates of formal mental health care. Digital suicide prevention ...

I don't have the words to even begin to talk about all that is happening in the world & I feel a little weird sharing new work atm. But, we have a brand new paper that I think shares useful insights about designing self-guided digital suicide prevention interventions. This work is a labor of love.

When Your Work Finds You: Dr. Arielle Sheftall on Child Suicide… In this episode of Never the Same, Dr. Tony Pisani speaks with Dr. Arielle Sheftall who didn't initially set out to study this sector but was drawn to the…

Sharing this beautiful conversation between two of my amazing colleagues at UR in suicide prevention—Arielle Sheftall and Tony Pisani. safesideprevention.com/podcast/epis...

Frontiers | Bibliometric and visual analysis of suicide in aged people over the past 20 years

It’s not a fun time to be an NIH-funded researcher right now so I’m looking for small motivators. Being about to cite this paper in my promotion materials stating I’m influential in the field is very cool. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

YouTube video by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Director's Innovation Speaker Series: Youth Suicidal Behaviors: Where Do We Go From Here

Social connection and suicide prevention are more important than ever in this challenging world and time. Check out my colleague Dr. Arielle Sheftall’s presentation at the NIH in Dec. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5gDW...

Great resource for suicide researchers new to Bluesky! Thanks Sean!

Today was hard. Sending support to all my fellow scientists out there. We won’t give up. #sciencesaveslives

I feel broken. I think we all do.

Hard to feel motivated on a grant deadline right now!