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5/3/2021

Sleep and Suicide Prevention – Advancing Innovation and Intervention Opportunity

Sponsored by:
Division of Translational Research (DTR)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
6001 Executive Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20852

Sleep and Suicide Prevention | Advancing Innovation and Intervention Opportunity
Suicide represents a complex, but preventable public health problem and global disease burden. Based on its
overwhelming impact and public health significance, the prevention of suicide has been named a national imperative.
Despite unprecedented efforts and coordinated strategies to support its prevention, however, suicide remains a leading
cause of death worldwide. This has resulted in prioritized efforts to identify research and public health strategies to impact
suicide prevention innovation on a broad scale.
Sleep disturbances have emerged as an evidence-based risk factor for suicidal behaviors, where abnormal sleep and
sleep-related behaviors confer risk across the lifespan. This has resulted in the study of sleep as a proposed biomarker and
intervention tool to reduce risk for suicidal behaviors and to identify underlying mechanisms at the intersection of sleep and
suicide prevention. The primary goal of the Workshop is to share cutting-edge findings across diverse specialties and multidisciplinary fields to examine sleep as a biomarker and novel treatment target to inform etiology and advance innovation in
suicide prevention.
Please join the NIMH Division of Translational Research for a 2-day public workshop, NIMH 2021 Virtual Workshop:
Sleep and Suicide Prevention: Advancing Innovation and Intervention Opportunity, which will bring together
clinicians, behavioral scientists, epidemiologists, neuroscientists, and public health experts to discuss the current state of
the science in sleep medicine and suicide prevention.

Workshop Panels in the Study of Sleep and Suicide Prevention:
. Neurocognition, Learning, and Affect Regulation
. Hyperarousal and Inflammatory Markers of Risk
. Neurobiology and Neuroplasticity
. Lifespan, Timing Mechanisms, Risk and Resiliency
. Technology Innovation and Digital Medicine in Suicide Prevention: Future Directions
. Novel Therapeutic Frameworks and Intervention Development

The Goals of the Workshop are to Share Cutting-Edge Findings Focused On:
. Sleep disturbances as a warning sign and risk factor for suicidal behaviors across the lifespan.
. Explanatory mechanisms underlying the relationship between sleep and suicidal behaviors.
. Novel therapeutic targets and interventions for the prevention of suicide.
. Challenges and opportunities for implementation of sleep as a risk factor or intervention tool to
reduce stigma, aid intervention, and prevent suicide.

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If you are in crisis or concerned about a loved one, help is available by calling the National Suicide Prevention
Lifeline at 1 (800) 873 -TALK, or by texting the Crisis Text Line (text HOME to 741741 in the United States). All
helplines offer free, confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Registration – Sleep and Suicide Prevention

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