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Detecting suicidal thoughts: The power of ecological momentary assessment

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Researchers and clinicians have typically relied on retrospective reports to monitor suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Smartphone technology has made real‐time monitoring of suicidal thoughts possible via mobile ecological momentary assessment… Click to show full abstract

Researchers and clinicians have typically relied on retrospective reports to monitor suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Smartphone technology has made real‐time monitoring of suicidal thoughts possible via mobile ecological momentary assessment (EMA). However, little is known about how information gleaned from EMA compares with that obtained by retrospective reports. The authors sought to compare suicidal ideation (SI) assessed over 1 week using EMA with a retrospective gold‐standard interviewer‐administered measure covering the same period.

Keywords: ecological momentary; detecting suicidal; thoughts power; suicidal thoughts; momentary assessment

Journal Title: Depression and Anxiety
Year Published: 2020

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