Suicide as System Collapse and the Need for Deep Phenotyping
This Viewpoint suggests that the field of psychiatry would benefit from a prioritization of the study of suicidal behavior at the point of system collapse, where signals of biological dysregulation are most dense and intense.
Authors
- Richard J. Davidson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8506-4964)
- Gregory Witkop
- Kerry James Ressler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5158-1103)
- Matthew K. Nock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6508-1145)
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- McLean Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- NEO Philanthropy (US)
- Mass General Brigham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Psychiatry
- Published
- 2026-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2026.3384
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00