Published on in Vol 23, No 5 (2021): May

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/27918, first published .
Perceived Utility and Characterization of Personal Google Search Histories to Detect Data Patterns Proximal to a Suicide Attempt in Individuals Who Previously Attempted Suicide: Pilot Cohort Study

Perceived Utility and Characterization of Personal Google Search Histories to Detect Data Patterns Proximal to a Suicide Attempt in Individuals Who Previously Attempted Suicide: Pilot Cohort Study

Perceived Utility and Characterization of Personal Google Search Histories to Detect Data Patterns Proximal to a Suicide Attempt in Individuals Who Previously Attempted Suicide: Pilot Cohort Study

Patricia A Areán   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Abhishek Pratap   3, 4 * , PhD ;   Honor Hsin   5 , MD, PhD ;   Tierney K Huppert   1, 6 , BA ;   Karin E Hendricks   1, 6, 7 , MA ;   Patrick J Heagerty   8 , PhD ;   Trevor Cohen   3 , MBChB, PhD ;   Courtney Bagge   9, 10 , PhD ;   Katherine Anne Comtois   1, 6 , MPH, PhD

1 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

2 ALACRITY Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

3 Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

4 Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA, United States

5 Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, CA, United States

6 Center for Suicide Prevention and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

7 University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, United States

8 School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

9 Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

10 VA Center for Clinical Management Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Abhishek Pratap, PhD
  • Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education
  • University of Washington
  • 850 Republican St
  • Seattle, WA
  • United States
  • Phone: 1 206-543-2259
  • Email: apratap@uw.edu