Clinical psychology professors researching suicide and self-harm
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Clinical psychology professors researching suicide and self-harm
Faculty who name suicide, suicidality or self-injury among their research interests, grouped by program.
149 faculty across 103 schools · interests last read 2026-08-13
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Alliant International University San Francisco Bay
Clinical Psychology PhD/PsyD
Andrew Bertagnolli
- suicide prevention
Quyen Tiet
- PTSD, depression and suicide
Alliant International University, Fresno
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Francesca Kassing
- Interventions for posttraumatic stress and suicidality
American University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Brian Yates
- suicide prevention program evaluation
Antioch University Seattle
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Dana Waters
- Veterinary suicide
Arizona State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Rebecca K. Blais
- Suicide risk among service members and veterans
Auburn University
Clinical Psychology PhD
April Smith
- Suicide
Tracy Witte
- Understanding and preventing suicidal behavior
Augsburg University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Shawn Leslie
- suicide
Boston University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Qimin Liu
- suicidal and aggressive outcomes
Catholic University of America
Clinical Psychology PhD
Abby Adler Mandel
- Suicide Prevention
David A. Jobes
- Suicide Prevention
- Assessment/Treatment of Suicidal Risk
Chestnut Hill College
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Claudia Garcia-Leeds
- Suicidal behavior in adolescents
Colorado State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Silvia Sara Canetto
- gender and suicide risk
East Tennessee State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jill Stinson, Ph.D.
- self-harm and suicide in justice-involved populations
Eastern Michigan University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Laura Rowley
- access to care for suicide and self-harm risk
Fielding Graduate University
Clinical Psychology PhD
David William Hollingsworth
- Risk and protective factors for suicide among minority groups
Florida International University
Clinical Science in Child & Adolescent Psychology PhD
Jeremy W. Pettit
- Etiology and course of anxiety, depression, suicidal behaviors
- Prevention of suicidal behaviors
Victor Buitron
- Youth suicide prevention
- Etiology of suicidal behavior
- Interpersonal factors in suicide risk
Florida School of Professional Psychology at National Louis University, Tampa
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Gary Howell
- Bullying, suicide, and homophobia prevention
Florida State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Brad Schmidt
- PTSD, substance use and suicide risk
Sarah Brown
- development and progression of suicidal ideation
- neurophysiological and cognitive mechanisms of suicide risk
- short-term prediction of suicide-risk fluctuations
Thomas Joiner
- interpersonal theory of suicide
- suicide prevention in military and first-responder populations
- acute suicidal affective disturbance
Fordham University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Barry Rosenfeld
- assessment of suicide risk in cancer patients
Christopher Conway
- experience-sampling methods for self-injurious behavior
Peggy Andover
- treatment of non-suicidal self-injury and attempted suicide
- functions of different types of self-injury
- factors influencing NSSI severity
- physiological processes in self-injury
- improved methods of NSSI assessment
George Mason University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Christianne Esposito-Smythers
- adolescent suicide prevention
Keith D Renshaw
- veteran suicide prevention
George Washington University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Sherry Molock
- suicide risk and protective factors in Black youth
- faith-based suicide and HIV prevention programs
- HIV risk and suicidality among young Black MSM
Georgia Southern University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Jeffrey Klibert
- protective factors for suicide
Harvard University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jill M. Hooley
- self-harm behavior and pain
Matthew K. Nock
- suicide and self-injury
- epidemiological and laboratory methods for self-harm
Hofstra University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Allegra Anderson
- adolescent suicide risk factors
Mun Yee Kwan
- suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Stephanie Davis
- Suicidality
Jackson State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Theresa Kearns Cooper
- Suicidality
John Jay College of Criminal Justice & The Graduate Center, CUNY
Clinical Psychology PhD
Elizabeth Jeglic
- youth suicide prevention
La Salle University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Austin Angiollilo
- Suicidal ideation and self-harm
Loma Linda University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Janet Sonne
- Eating disorders and suicide risk
Long Island University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Kevin B. Meehan
- Suicide risk and prevention
Louisiana State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Daniel Capron
- Suicide prevention
Raymond Tucker
- Suicide theory testing
- Suicide-related help-seeking behavior
- Cultural factors in suicide risk
Ryan Hill
- Suicide prevention in youth
- Interpersonal processes in suicidal ideation
Loyola University Maryland
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Bella Schiro
- Suicide prevention
Miami University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Stanley Seah
- depression and suicidality in youth
Vaishali Raval
- youth depression and suicide
Mississippi State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Michael R. Nadorff
- etiology, assessment, and treatment of suicidal behavior
Mitchell Berman
- suicide research
Montclair State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jazmin Reyes-Portillo
- Suicide prevention
Sally Grapin
- Schools' role in supporting LGBTQ+ youth and suicide risk
Northwestern University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jonah Meyerhoff
- technology-based suicide prevention interventions
Nova Southeastern University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Scott Poland
- youth suicide and self-injury
Oklahoma State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
LaRicka Wingate
- Black suicide risk and resilience
Stephanie Mullins-Sweatt
- nonsuicidal self-injury and problematic drinking
Tony Wells
- suicidal thoughts and behaviors
- cognitive processes related to suicide risk
- suicide screening
- social media and suicide risk
Oregon Health & Science University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Rebekah Huber
- suicide prevention in youth with mood disorders
- digital mobile technology (actigraphy, EMA) for suicide risk
- neuroimaging of suicide risk in pediatric bipolar disorder
Pacific University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Emily Bower
- geriatric mental health and late-life suicide prevention
- behavioral interventions to prevent suicide in older adults
Palo Alto University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Bruce Bongar
- suicide and self-destructive behaviors
- psychology of suicide terrorism
Joyce P. Chu
- suicide
Kayleigh Watters
- suicide and self-harm
Ponce Health Sciences University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Norka Polanco
- Suicide prevention
Purdue University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Douglas Samuel
- rural mental health and farmer suicide risk
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Linda Oshin
- Depression, emotion dysregulation, and suicidality among youth of color
- Suicide-risk interventions for youth of color
Rutgers The State University of New Jersey
Clinical Psychology PhD
Edward Selby
- suicidal and self-injurious behavior
Evan Kleiman
- everyday lives of people at risk for suicide
- contextual factors in suicide risk and resilience
Jessica Hamilton
- adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Shireen Rizvi
- suicidal behavior
Seattle Pacific University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Keyne Law
- Development and progression of suicidal thoughts and behavior
- Ecological, cognitive, emotional, and biological systems in suicide risk
- Multi-method suicide research (self-report, behavioral tasks, psychophysiology)
- Suicide awareness and prevention outreach
Southern Methodist University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Alicia Meuret
- Mediators and moderators in affective dysregulation and non-suicidal self-injury
Teachers College, Columbia University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Christine Boram Cha
- Suicide and self-injury among youth
- Objective assessment of suicide risk
- Cognitive risk factors for self-harm
Temple University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Michael McCloskey
- suicide and non-suicidal self-directed aggression
Texas A&M University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Anka Vujanovic
- Suicide risk among trauma-exposed populations
Brian Albanese
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Texas Tech University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Andrew Littlefield
- Granular assessment of suicide risk
Sarah Victor
- Suicide and self-injury risk after psychiatric discharge
Sean Mitchell
- Suicide risk identification and prevention
- Real-time suicide risk processes
- Suicide risk disclosure
- Interpersonal and cognitive risk factors for suicide
The Chicago School - Washington, D.C. Campus
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Edward Shearin
- Suicidal and self-injurious behavior
Lawrence Riso
- Suicide prevention and anxiety/depression
The New School
Clinical Psychology PhD
Sam Winer
- Predictors of psychological crisis and suicide
The University of Memphis
Clinical Psychology PhD
M. David Rudd
- Clinical assessment and management of suicide risk
- Suicide prevention
The University of South Dakota
Clinical Psychology PhD
Beth Boyd
- Youth suicide prevention
Raluca Simons
- PTSD comorbidity with addiction and self-harm
The Wright Institute
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Jayme Peta
- Suicidality and mental health in LGBTQ populations
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Clinical Psychology PhD
Marjan Holloway
- Suicide prevention
University at Buffalo State University of New York
Clinical Psychology PhD
Rebecca Schwartz-Mette
- self-injury and suicide risk
University of Alaska Anchorage
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jennifer Poon
- Suicide and risk behaviors in adolescents
University of Arkansas
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jennifer Veilleux
- Emotion-related impulsivity (substance use, binge eating, self-injury)
University of California, Berkeley
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jasmin Brooks Stephens
- Suicide prevention in Black youth and families
University of Central Florida
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jeffrey S. Bedwell
- Links to psychopathy, social anxiety, and suicidal ideation
Robert Dvorak
- Suicidal thoughts and behaviors
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Clinical Psychology PhD
Daniel L. Segal
- Suicide risk and resilience in later life
James S. McGraw
- Dynamic processes underlying suicidal crises
- Suicide-prevention intervention effectiveness
- Implementing suicide-prevention best practices
University of Colorado Boulder
Clinical Psychology PhD
Tamar Kodish
- depression and suicide prevention in marginalized youth
University of Colorado Denver
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jeffrey Rings, Ph.D.
- suicide risk assessment and prevention
University of Delaware
Clinical Psychology PhD
Keith Bredemeier
- Suicidal ideation risk factors
University of Denver
Clinical Psychology PhD · Clinical Psychology PsyD
Jill Holm-Denoma
- Suicide research
Kathryn Fox
- Self-injurious thoughts and behaviors
- Suicide risk and prevention
Noelle L. Lefforge
- suicidality
University of Georgia
Clinical Psychology PhD
Brian Bauer
- suicide theory and prevention
University of Houston
Clinical Psychology PhD
Rheeda Walker
- Suicide risk correlates
University of Louisville
Clinical Psychology PhD
Konrad Bresin
- dysregulated behaviors (self-injury, substance use, aggression)
Nadia Al-Dajani
- near-term risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors
- momentary/real-time suicide risk assessment
- development of suicide prevention and intervention methods
University of Maine
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jennifer Blossom
- school- and community-based suicide prevention programs
University of Maryland - College Park
Clinical Psychology PhD
Ethan Mereish
- substance use and suicide risk
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Clinical Psychology PhD
Daniel Coppersmith
- form and function of suicidal thoughts and behaviors
- dynamic risk and protective factors for suicide
- personalized and scalable suicide interventions
Katherine Dixon-Gordon
- nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior
University of Michigan
Clinical Psychology PhD
Leah Richmond-Rakerd
- Suicide and self-harm
University of Minnesota
Clinical Psychology PhD
Bonnie Klimes-Dougan
- suicidal behavior in youth
University of Mississippi
Clinical Psychology PhD
Taylor Rodriguez
- Firearm suicide prevention
University of Missouri Kansas City
Clinical Psychology PhD
Westley Youngren
- nightmares and suicide risk
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clinical Psychology PhD
Casey Calhoun
- depression and suicide
Mitch Prinstein
- self-injurious thoughts and behaviors
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jennifer Langhinrichsen-Rohling
- Risky and suicidal behavior in young adults
University of Notre Dame
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jennifer Hames
- suicide risk assessment and management
University of Oregon
Clinical Psychology PhD
Lauren Forrest
- suicidal thoughts and behaviors
Sheila Crowell
- self-injurious thoughts and behaviors
- suicide and personality disorders
Sunny Bai
- depression and suicide prevention
University of Pittsburgh
Clinical Psychology PhD
Jennifer Silk
- development of adolescent anxiety, depression, and suicidality
Kiera James
- suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth
- prevention and intervention development for youth suicide risk
Tina R. Goldstein
- adolescent mood disorders and suicide
- proximal risk factors for suicidal behavior
University of South Florida
Clinical Psychology PhD
Marc Karver
- child and adolescent suicidality and prevention
University of Southern California
Clinical Psychology PhD
Amy West
- Suicide prevention
Jonathan Stange
- Suicide
University of Texas at Dallas
Clinical Psychological Science PhD
Regina Ybarra
- self-injurious behaviors
University of Texas at Tyler
Clinical Psychology PhD
Bradley Green
- suicide risk in military personnel
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Clinical Psychology PhD
Aleksandra Foxwell
- Cognitive behavioral treatments for depression and suicidality in youth
- Suicidal behavior in teens
Beth Kennard
- Suicidal behavior in teens
University of Virginia
Clinical Psychology PhD
Stefanie Sequeira
- Anxiety and suicidal thoughts in youth
University of Washington
Clinical Psychology PhD
Katherine Anne (Kate) Comtois
- suicidal behavior
Marsha Linehan
- suicide
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Clinical Psychology PhD
Brooke Ammerman
- non-suicidal self-injury
- suicidal thoughts and behaviors
University of Wyoming
Clinical Psychology PhD
Carolyn Pepper
- Suicide prevention in rural and Mountain West populations
- Emotion regulation in nonsuicidal self-injury
- Treatment approaches for self-injurious behavior
Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology
Clinical Psychology PhD
Cassie Glenn
- Suicide prevention in youth
- Predicting suicidal and nonsuicidal self-injury
W. Post Campus
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Erik Benau
- Emotion regulation difficulties and suicide risk
Washington University in St. Louis
Clinical Psychology PhD
Renee Thompson
- depression and suicidal ideation research
Wayne State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Rheeda Walker
- suicide risk and resilience in Black adults
West Virginia University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Amy Fiske
- Depression and suicide risk in older adults
- Sleep disturbance and suicidal behavior in older adults
Michelle Roley-Roberts
- Culturally appropriate suicide prevention approaches
Wichita State University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Elissa Rosebraugh
- suicidality
Widener University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Linda Ruan
- suicide risk identification and prevention
William James College
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Brian D. Ott
- social diffusion in responses to suicidal communications
William Paterson University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Megan Chesin
- suicidal behavior and borderline personality disorder
Wright State University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Cheryl L. Meyer
- suicide
Xavier University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Nicholas Salsman
- suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury
Yale University
Clinical Psychology PhD
Shirley Wang
- suicide, self-injury, and eating disorder dynamics
Yeshiva University
Clinical Psychology PsyD
Gabriela Khazanov
- access to and engagement in suicide prevention interventions
- secure firearm storage as suicide prevention
Kenneth Critchfield
- personality disorders and chronic suicidality
Peter Franz
- suicide and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors
- culturally responsive suicide prevention interventions
Sarah Bloch-Elkouby
- suicide risk assessment and intervention
- AI-assisted clinician training for suicide risk
- bridging suicide prevention and psychotherapy research