96 AAP Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention: A Roadmap

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In February of 2021, the AAP, NIMH, and the AFSP convened, along with over 100 clinicians, a workgroup with a shared goal and dream of compiling a roadmap for youth suicide prevention, and in March of 2022, the AAP Blueprint for Youth Suicide was released. This comprehensive body of work provides clinical pathways, initiatives for community partner collaborations, resources, and advocacy materials. Additionally, there is an extensive section on the epidemiology of youth suicide informed by a health equity lens. The panelists share the story of the creation of the Blueprint along with practical information on the navigation of the site.

Today we are joined by Dr. Lisa Horowitz, Dr. Christine Moutier, and Dr. May Lau

Dr. Lisa Horowitz is a Staff Scientist / Pediatric Psychologist in the National Institute of Mental Health Intramural Research Program at the National Institutes of Health. The major focus of Dr. Horowitz’s research has been the detection of suicide risk in the medical setting. She is the lead PI on six NIMH suicide prevention protocols that involve validating and implementing the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) in the ED, inpatient medical/surgical, and outpatient primary care settings. Dr. Horowitz is collaborating with hospitals, outpatient pediatric clinics, and school settings around the country, assisting with the implementation of suicide risk screening and management of patients who screen positive using the ASQ Toolkit and Youth Suicide Risk Screening Clinical Pathways

Dr. Christine Yu Moutier, Chief Medical Officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, knows the impact of suicide firsthand. After losing colleagues to suicide, she dedicated herself to fighting this leading cause of death. Dr. Moutier has served as UCSD professor of psychiatry, dean in the medical school, medical director of the VA Psychiatric Unit, and has been clinically active with diverse patient populations, such as veterans, Asian refugee populations, as well as physicians and academic leaders with mental health conditions. She has presented at the White House, testified before the U.S. Congress, and has appeared as an expert in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Time magazine, The Economist, The Atlantic, the BBC, and CNN.

May Lau, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the medical director of the Adolescent and Young Adult Program at Children’s Medical Center Dallas, where she provides care for adolescent females and males, including sexual and gender minority youth. Dr. Lau co-chairs the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Texas Pediatric Society (TPS) Committee on Adolescent and Sports Medicine, has been elected to the AAP Section on Adolescent Health Executive Committee and is a fellow of the Society of Adolescent Health and Medicine. She educates fellows, residents, and medical students on the specialized care of adolescents. Her research focuses on a variety of areas including adolescent mental health and gender-affirming care. Dr. Lau has spoken at national meetings on a variety of adolescent medicine topics including mental and sexual and reproductive health.

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