This Project Grant award of $1,135,986, provided by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), supports research to clarify suicide risk phenotypes among preteen youth aged 8-12 years old. The primary objectives are to: Adapt an existing measure of suicide risk for use with preteens, incorporating expert and stakeholder input to ensure cultural and developmental appropriateness. Use the new measure to establish phenotypes of...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a 4-year, $640,196 Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to The Johns Hopkins University to investigate suicide risk and protective factors among economically disadvantaged, preteen Black youth. The study aims to: 1) characterize the severity and course of suicide ideation and behaviors (SIB) during pre- and early adolescence in a sample of 1,000 Black youth; 2) identify individual, environmental, and...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) provides $1,983,801 to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York to conduct a mixed-methods, multi-informant study of childhood suicide ideation. The goal is to characterize profiles of suicide ideation and expressions of distress among a diverse sample of 150 children ages 8-12 with recent suicide ideation or attempt, as reported by the...
This $1,955,745 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program will fund a 4-year study to measure and map trajectories of risk and resilience for suicidal thoughts and behaviors among sexual and gender minority (SGM) preteens. The study aims to: 1) develop consensus on best practices for safely and effectively sampling, recruiting, and retaining high-risk SGM preteens into research; 2) create and pretest an...
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) awarded a Project Grant under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The $200,607 grant, awarded on Aug 29, 2024, will fund a study examining subtypes of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) in youth participating in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study. The research aims to identify distinct neurobiological, behavioral, and psychological profiles of youth...
This Project Grant award of $1,041,082, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program, will support a longitudinal study examining the relationships between preteen girls' mental health and their social media experiences. The study aims to assess whether factors like rejection sensitivity and puberty impact these relationships. The research will use multiple methods, including ecological momentary assessments, daily...
This Project Grant award of $1,549,649.37 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants (CFDA 93.242) program supports a research project titled "Multimodal Assessment of Social Disconnection as a Proximal Risk for Suicide Ideation in Late Life." The project aims to leverage a multimodal assessment of behavioral and social mechanisms to identify predictors relating social disconnection to suicidal ideation in older adults. Key activities...
This $103,948 Project Grant awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242) supports a convergent mixed-methods study to examine psychosocial factors associated with parental self-efficacy in adolescent suicide prevention. The study aims to: 1) analyze associations between parent-level psychosocial factors, adolescent suicide-related characteristics, and parents' suicide behavior prevention self-efficacy; 2) qualitatively...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $256,627.00 to the University of Denver to develop and pilot test a digital intervention for parents of pre- and early adolescents. The goal is to support parents in responding effectively to suicide risk alerts generated by digital monitoring apps, thereby decreasing suicide-related behaviors in their children. The project involves three phases:...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), under the Mental Health Research Grants program (CFDA 93.242), provides $787,584 to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) for a 5-year research project beginning December 1, 2024. The project aims to characterize the neural and behavioral trajectories of executive function (EF) from infancy to early adulthood, and to examine how these trajectories relate to the development of psychopathology....
This Project Grant award of $3,218,822.00 from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) under CFDA 93.242 - Mental Health Research Grants will fund a study to investigate social motivation as a risk factor linking childhood threat exposure and suicidal ideation and behavior in preteen girls. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will conduct the research, which aims to: 1) refine assessments of social motivation and suicidal thoughts/behaviors for preteen girls, 2) test whether maladaptive social motivation contributes to the emergence of suicidal behaviors in preteens, particularly those with advanced pubertal timing, and 3) evaluate if childhood threat exposure predicts both suicidal behaviors and maladaptive social motivation in preteen girls. The project will enroll 200 preteens (ages 8-11) and include longitudinal assessments, ecological momentary assessments, and salivary hormone assays over 12 months. The research seeks to identify novel risk factors and mechanisms to inform suicide prevention efforts targeting preteen girls.