FEATURING:
Dr. Evan Kleiman, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University.
TITLE:
How can technology improve how we predict and prevent suicidal thoughts and behavior?
ABSTRACT:
Technology like smartphones and smartwatches have become nearly ubiquitous over the past few years. This has led to a surge of interest into using this technology to better understand suicide risk as it occurs in everyday life as well as improve the delivery of interventions for suicide risk. In this webinar, I will first focus on the progress we have made in using technology to predict and prevent suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Next, I will talk about the opportunities and challenges of using technology with suicidal individuals in clinical practice. I will end by giving a balanced view of what may and may not be possible in the future when using technology to study suicide.
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Annually, the Department of Psychology hosts a colloquia series throughout the academic year. This program brings us together outside of the classroom to have conversations with our faculty and students and the speakers we’ve invited to our campus to share their ideas.
