Suicide-specific mobile app offers lifesaving support after psychiatric discharge

Suicide-specific mobile app offers lifesaving support after psychiatric discharge

A mobile phone app designed to deliver suicide-specific therapy reduced suicidal behavior among high-risk psychiatric inpatients, according to a new study by scientists at Yale School of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine.

Mobile phone app reduces suicidal behavior among high-risk patients, new study shows

A mobile phone app designed to deliver suicide-specific therapy reduced suicidal behavior among high-risk psychiatric inpatients, according to a new study by scientists at Yale School of Medicine and The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine.

Yale Study Finds Mobile App Significantly Lowers Suicidal Behavior in

In a landmark study published on August 8, 2025, researchers from Yale School of Medicine and The Ohio State University have unveiled compelling evidence that a novel mobile phone application, OTX-202, significantly reduces suicidal behaviors among psychiatric inpatients considered to be at high risk. This breakthrough digital therapeutic intervention, tested in a rigorous multisite randomized […]

Digital therapy app lowers suicide risk, research shows

Experts from the Yale School of Medicine found a mobile phone app helped reduce suicidal behaviour among high-risk psychiatric inpatients. The research, published today in the JAMA Network, examined how the newly developed app, OTX-202, helped reduce the risk of post-discharge suicide attempts among patients who had previously tried to take their own life. Scientists from the Yale School of Medicine, the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Cent…