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Leveraging Technology toPrevent Adolescent Suicide
Kimberly H. McManama O’Brien, PhDBoston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School/Simmons College
Health Experience Refactored Conference 2016
Designing to Support Mental Health
April 5, 2016
MORTALITY FROM MEDICAL CAUSES
10 Leading Causes of Death by Age Group, United States – 2014
Data Source:National Vital Statistics System, National
Center for Health Statistics, CDC.
Produced by:National Center for Injury Prevention and
Control, CDC using WISQARSTM.
U.S Suicide Rate by Age 2001-2010
Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 2011
Suicide is about communication
The inability to speak our pain
The inability of others to hear our pain
Dese’Rae L Stage
The development and testing of Crisis Care was supported by grants and awards from:
• Program for Patient Safety and Quality at Boston Children’s Hospital
• Simmons College Fund for Research
• Simmons School of Social Work
• Hacking Pediatrics Mashup
• Mad*Pow