Frequently Used Neuroimaging Measures May Not Show A Discrete Brain Signature Associated With Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors Among Youths, Scan Study Indicates

Healio (1/28, Gramigna) reports, “Frequently used neuroimaging measures did not show a discrete brain signature associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors among youths,” researchers concluded after analyzing “data of a U.S. population-based sample of 7,994 unrelated children aged nine to 10 years who were included in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive study.” Investigators also “implemented quality control procedures and examined structural MRI data of 6,238 participants, resting state functional MRI data of 4,134 participants and task-based functional MRI data of between 4,075 and 4,608 participants.” The findings were published online Jan. 21 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.

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— “Common neuroimaging measures do not detect youths’ risk for suicidal thoughts, behaviors “Joe Gramigna, Healio, January 28, 2021

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