Youth Suicide Prevention

The suicide rate of adolescents and young adults in the United States, and much of the Western world, has tripled in the last sixty years. Israel has experienced a comparable increase in the past twenty-five years. SPI scientists at the Columbia Medical Center are working with us to develop a project using Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to improve the treatment received by adolescents and young adults who are preoccupied with suicide or have made suicide attempts. More details on this project and others are forthcoming.