ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2024
Economic Cost of U.S. Suicide and Nonfatal Self-harm.
Article in American journal of preventive medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07450105 (Intensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Self-Harm and Suicidal Behavior in Youth), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Intensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Self-Harm and Suicidal Behavior in Youth: A Pilot Study
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Economic evaluations of preventive interventions for self-harm and suicide: a systematic review.Psychological medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Community-based mental health interventions for reducing youth suicidal thoughts and behaviours: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- The association between white matter hyperintensities and suicide attempts in affective disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Translational psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Funding for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Services in US State Budgets.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- The impact of alcohol use disorder and PTSD comorbidity on risk of suicide attempt.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Distress Tolerance and Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A systematic review and commentary on methodological challenges.Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Elucidating psychosocial outcome profiles as a function of aggregate genetic risk for suicide attempt and alcohol use disorder.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Nonfatal suicidal self-directed violence among US veterans (2022): the Assessing Social and Community Environments with National Data (ASCEND) for Veteran Suicide Prevention Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- Trends in fatal and non-fatal injuries in the United States: analyzing incidence and costs from 2015 to 2022.BMC public health · 2026Article
- U-Shaped Association Between β-Carotene Intake and Suicidal Ideation in Cancer Survivors: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Sample.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Evolving standards for suicide risk documentation in the Veterans Health Administration: A brief commentary on Denneson et al. (2023).Psychological services · 2026Article
- Evaluating the role of cost and fairness in machine learning models of suicide risk.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The economic burden and costs of suicide and self-harm in Sweden.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Suicidal Behavior Patterns and Correlates in High-Risk Adults After Emergency Department Discharge: A One-Year Prospective Study.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2026Article
- Ketamine as a Bridge Therapy: Reducing Acute Suicidality in Hospital Settings.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Detecting Pediatric Emergency Service Use for Suicide and Self-Harm: Multimodal Analysis of 3828 Encounters.JMIR mental health · 2026Article
- Mental health and macroeconomics: economic and social determinants that explain suicide in Ecuador.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Psychological, social, and neurobiological correlates of non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior in adolescents: a narrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Considerations for evaluating the practical utility of machine learning in suicide risk estimation: the role of cost and equity.Research square · 2025Article
- Suicide Risks Among U.S. College Students: a Time-Series Cross-Sectional Study Examining Institutional Characteristics and Behavioral Factors.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2025Article
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Abstract
introductionThe U.S. age-adjusted suicide rate is 35% higher than two decades ago and the COVID-19 pandemic era highlighted the urgent need to address nonfatal self-harm, particularly among youth. This study aimed to report the estimated annual economic cost of U.S. suicide and nonfatal self-harm.
methodsIn 2023 CDC's WISQARS Cost of Injury provided the retrospective number of suicides and nonfatal self-harm injury emergency department (ED) visits from national surveillance sources by sex and age group, as well as the estimated annual economic cost of associated medical spending, lost work productivity, reduced quality of life from injury morbidity, and avoidable mortality based on the value of statistical life during 2015-2020.
resultsThe economic cost of suicide and nonfatal self-harm averaged $510 billion (2020 USD) annually, the majority from life years lost to suicide. Working-aged adults (aged 25-64 years) comprised nearly 75% of the average annual economic cost of suicide ($356B of $484B) and children and younger adults (aged 10-44 years) comprised nearly 75% of the average annual economic cost of nonfatal self-harm injuries ($19B of $26B).
conclusionsSuicide and self-harm have substantial societal costs. Measuring the consequences in terms of comprehensive economic cost can inform investments in suicide prevention strategies.
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