DOI:
10.13056/acamh.23772
In this Papers Podcast,
Lejla Colic and
Dr. Hilary Blumberg discuss their co-authored JCPP
Advances paper ‘
Brain grey and white matter structural associations with future suicidal ideation and behaviors in adolescent and young adult females with mood disorders’ (
https://doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12118).
There is an overview of the paper, methodology, key findings, and implications for practice.
Discussion points include;
- The age range included in the study.
- The significance of females with future suicide ideation and behaviours having shown decreases in cortical thickness, as well as some other differences in brain regions observing emotional and behavioural regulation.
- The importance of cortical thickness.
- The origins of these neurobiological differences – are they genetic, environmental, developmental, or some combination of all of these?
- The reason for focusing on young adult and adolescent females, and how these findings are relevant to males.
- How this research can be translated into practice to better identify and support adolescents at risk of suicidal ideation and behaviours.