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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2022

Development of Autonomic Nervous System Assays as Point-of-Care Tests to Supplement Clinical Judgment in Risk Assessment for Suicidal Behavior: A Review.

William V McCall, Peter B Rosenquist, Brian J Miller

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The impact of blood pressure and its variability on suicide mortality: a nationwide population-based study.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2025
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  4. Daytime autonomic nervous system functions differ among adults with and without insomnia symptoms.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

William V McCallDepartment of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 997 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA. wmccall@augusta.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5035-7858
Peter B RosenquistDepartment of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 997 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9919-3380
Brian J MillerDepartment of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, 997 St. Sebastian Way, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5056-4515
Augusta University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewA biomarker point-of-care (POC) test that supplements the psychiatric interview and improves detection of patients at risk for suicide would be of value, and assays of autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity would satisfy the logistical requirements for a POC test. We performed a selective review of the available literature of ANS assays related to risk for suicide. RECENT

findingsWe searched PubMed and Web of Science with the strategy: "suicide OR suicidal" AND "electrodermal OR heart rate variability OR pupillometry OR pupillography." The search produced 119 items, 21 of which provided original data regarding ANS methods and suicide. These 21 studies included 6 for electrodermal activity, 14 for heart rate variability, and 1 for the pupillary light reflex. The 21 papers showed associations between ANS assays and suicide risk in a direction suggesting underlying hyperarousal in patients at risk for suicide. ANS assays show promise for future development as POC tests to supplement clinical decision making in estimating risk for suicide.

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JudgmentSuicidal IdeationAutonomic Nervous SystemHeart RateHumansPoint-of-Care TestingRisk AssessmentAutonomic nervous systemElectrodermal activityHeart rate variabilityPredictionPupillary light reflexSuicide

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PMID35076889
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