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ArticleBMC psychiatry2020

Recognizing states of psychological vulnerability to suicidal behavior: a Bayesian network of artificial intelligence applied to a clinical sample.

Jorge Barros, Susana Morales, Arnol García, Orietta Echávarri, Ronit Fischman, Marta Szmulewicz, Claudia Moya, Catalina Núñez, Alemka Tomicic

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9 authors.

Jorge BarrosPsychiatry Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, La Reconquista 498, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Susana MoralesPsychiatry Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, La Reconquista 498, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile. sus.mosi@gmail.com.
Arnol GarcíaIndependent mathematical engineer, Santiago, Chile.
Orietta EchávarriPsychiatry Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, La Reconquista 498, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Ronit FischmanMillennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality MIDAP, Santiago, Chile.
Marta SzmulewiczPsychiatry Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, La Reconquista 498, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Claudia MoyaMillennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality MIDAP, Santiago, Chile.
Catalina NúñezPsychiatry Department, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, La Reconquista 498, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile.
Alemka TomicicMillennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality MIDAP, Santiago, Chile.

Funding

Fondo de Fomento al Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico (CL) 11121390Ministry of Economy, Development, and Tourism, through the Millennium Science Initiative IS130005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study aimed to determine conditional dependence relationships of variables that contribute to psychological vulnerability associated with suicide risk. A Bayesian network (BN) was developed and applied to establish conditional dependence relationships among variables for each individual subject studied. These conditional dependencies represented the different states that patients could experience in relation to suicidal behavior (SB). The clinical sample included 650 mental health patients with mood and anxiety symptomatology.

resultsMainly indicated that variables within the Bayesian network are part of each patient's state of psychological vulnerability and have the potential to impact such states and that these variables coexist and are relatively stable over time. These results have enabled us to offer a tool to detect states of psychological vulnerability associated with suicide risk.

conclusionIf we accept that suicidal behaviors (vulnerability, ideation, and suicidal attempts) exist in constant change and are unstable, we can investigate what individuals experience at specific moments to become better able to intervene in a timely manner to prevent such behaviors. Future testing of the tool developed in this study is needed, not only in specialized mental health environments but also in other environments with high rates of mental illness, such as primary healthcare facilities and educational institutions.

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Artificial IntelligenceSuicidal IdeationAdolescentAdultAnxietyBayes TheoremFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMood DisordersSuicide, AttemptedYoung AdultArtificial intelligence, Bayesian modelsMood disordersSuicide

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PMID32228548
PMCPMC7106600

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