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Department of Psychiatry
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128 The Penn Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research (INSPIRE) Center’s overarching goals are to develop, test and scale up implementation strategies to bring evidence-based suicide prevention practices.
14a The Penn Center for the Prevention of Suicide aims to save lives by developing, evaluating, and implementing evidence-based practices, including cognitive behavior therapy and safety planning, for individuals, providers, communities, and health systems.
ac This website features resources for implementing the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention.
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128 The Penn Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research (INSPIRE) Center’s overarching goals are to develop, test and scale up implementation strategies to bring evidence-based suicide prevention practices.
14a The Penn Center for the Prevention of Suicide aims to save lives by developing, evaluating, and implementing evidence-based practices, including cognitive behavior therapy and safety planning, for individuals, providers, communities, and health systems.
ac This website features resources for implementing the Stanley-Brown Safety Planning Intervention.
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2a4 Specifically, Dr. Brown is the developer, along with his colleagues, of two clinical interventions for individuals at risk for suicide including the Safety Planning Intervention and Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention. The Safety Planning Intervention is an evidence-based, brief suicide prevention strategy that has been used in research and widely disseminated in health care settings, including the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). He also developed of one of the few existing evidence-based psychotherapy interventions, Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention, which has been shown to prevent suicide attempts among individuals at high risk for suicide.
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249 Dr. Brown is the Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator on research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in the area of suicide prevention and he has received several awards for his contributions to the science of suicide prevention, including the Morselli Medal from the International Academy for Suicide Research for outstanding and enduring achievements in the science and art of suicide prevention.
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Description of Research Expertise
1f4 Dr. Brown is an internationally renowned expert in suicide prevention whose work has led to transformational advances in the treatment of suicidal individuals. His research aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of innovative, targeted interventions designed to reduce vulnerability factors associated with suicide behavior in high risk populations and to examine and improve the implementation of evidence-based treatments into “real world” settings to prevent suicide.8
2a4 Specifically, Dr. Brown is the developer, along with his colleagues, of two clinical interventions for individuals at risk for suicide including the Safety Planning Intervention and Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention. The Safety Planning Intervention is an evidence-based, brief suicide prevention strategy that has been used in research and widely disseminated in health care settings, including the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). He also developed of one of the few existing evidence-based psychotherapy interventions, Cognitive Therapy for Suicide Prevention, which has been shown to prevent suicide attempts among individuals at high risk for suicide.
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249 Dr. Brown is the Principal Investigator/Co-Investigator on research grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Defense. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in the area of suicide prevention and he has received several awards for his contributions to the science of suicide prevention, including the Morselli Medal from the International Academy for Suicide Research for outstanding and enduring achievements in the science and art of suicide prevention.
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b0 Dr. Brown provides clinical training for clinicians in suicide assessment and risk management, cognitive behavior therapy for depression and suicide prevention.e 29
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1d5 Stockton, M.A., Waddell, K., Mphonda, S.M., Bhushan, N.L., January, J., Masulani, C., Brown, G.K., Udder, M.M., Pence, B.W., Chiwanda, J., Gaynes, B.N., & Kulisewa K.: Suicide assessment and feasible evidence-based treatments for adolescents living with HIV in Malawi: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. PLoS One 20(9): e0330847, Sept 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330847.
20e Weinstock, L. M., Jones, R. N., Miller, T. R., Brown, G. K., Arias, S. A., Graves, H. R., Miller, I. W., Cerbo, L., Rexroth, J., Fitting, H., Russell, D., Kubiak, S., Stein, M. D., Matkovic, C., Yen, S., Gaudiano, B. A., & Johnson, J. E.: Safety planning vs standard care for suicide prevention after pretrial jail detention: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA open network 8(11): e2543156, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.43156.
182 Brown, G.K., Batdorf, W., Dedert, E., Kumpula, M.J., Day, K., Stanley, B., & Crowe, C.: National implementation of advanced training in the safety planning intervention in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system. Psychological Services 22(3): 465-476, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000880.
1bc Chitavi, S.O., Williams, S.C., Patrianakos, J., Schmaltz, S.P., Boudreaux, E.D., Ahmedani, B.K., Roaten, K., Comtois, K.A., Akkas, F., & Brown, G.K. : Evaluating the prevalence of suicide risk screening practices in accredited hospitals. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 51(5): 342–349, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2025.01.010.
189 Arias, S.A., Weinstock, L.M., Toor, M., Cinader, M., Schall, G., Brown, G.K., Stanley, B., & Johnson, J.E. : Baseline and lifetime suicidality and risk factors among pretrial jail detainees enrolled in a suicide prevention trial. Psychiatric Services 76(7): 649-655, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240446.
1b8 Tran, J.T., Webster, J., Wolfe, J.R., Ben Nathan, J., Mayinja, L., Kautz, M., Oquendo, M.A., Brown, G.K., Mandell, D., Mowery, D., Bauermeister, J.A., & Brown, L.A. : Experiences of peer mentoring sexual and gender diverse emerging adults who are at risk for suicide: A mixed methods study. JMIR Formative Research 9: e67814, 2025 Notes: http://doi.org/10.2196/67814.
1f3 Donnelly, H. K., Brown, G. K., Green, K. L., Vurgun, U., Hwang, S., Schriver, E., Steinberg, M., Reilly, M., Mehta, H., Labouliere, C., Oquendo, M., Mandell, D., & Mowery, D. L.: Exploring the potential of large language models for automated safety plan scoring in outpatient mental health settings. medRxiv: the preprint server for health sciences 2025.03.26.25324610, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.26.25324610.
1ff Lin, T., Tang, M., Bauermeister, J. A., Tran, J. T., Kautz, M. M., Donnelly, H., Webster, J., Wolfe, J. R., Ben Nathan, J., Arcamano, A., Oquendo, M. A., Brown, G. K., Mandell, D., Mowery, D., & Brown, L. A. : Moderating effects of coping strategies on the associations between stigma and depression among emerging adult sexual minorities. Journal of Affective Disorders 390: 119843, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119843.
1a9 Chitavi, S.O., Patrianakos, J., Williams, S.C., Schmaltz, S.P., Ahmedani, B.K., Roaten, K., Boudreaux, E.D., & Brown, G.K.: Evaluating the prevalence of four recommended practices for suicide prevention following hospital discharge. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 50: 393-403, Jun 2024 Notes: doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.02.007.
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b7 Donnelly H, Brown G, Green K, Vurgun U, Hwang S, Schriver E, Steinberg M, Reilly M, Mehta H, Labouliere C, Oquendo M, Mandell D, & Mowery D e9 : Automated safety plan scoring in outpatient mental health settings using large language models: Exploratory study. JMIR Mental Health 13: e79010, Jan 2026 Notes: https://mental.jmir.org/2026/1/e79010.1d5 Stockton, M.A., Waddell, K., Mphonda, S.M., Bhushan, N.L., January, J., Masulani, C., Brown, G.K., Udder, M.M., Pence, B.W., Chiwanda, J., Gaynes, B.N., & Kulisewa K.: Suicide assessment and feasible evidence-based treatments for adolescents living with HIV in Malawi: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. PLoS One 20(9): e0330847, Sept 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330847.
20e Weinstock, L. M., Jones, R. N., Miller, T. R., Brown, G. K., Arias, S. A., Graves, H. R., Miller, I. W., Cerbo, L., Rexroth, J., Fitting, H., Russell, D., Kubiak, S., Stein, M. D., Matkovic, C., Yen, S., Gaudiano, B. A., & Johnson, J. E.: Safety planning vs standard care for suicide prevention after pretrial jail detention: A randomized clinical trial. JAMA open network 8(11): e2543156, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.43156.
182 Brown, G.K., Batdorf, W., Dedert, E., Kumpula, M.J., Day, K., Stanley, B., & Crowe, C.: National implementation of advanced training in the safety planning intervention in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system. Psychological Services 22(3): 465-476, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1037/ser0000880.
1bc Chitavi, S.O., Williams, S.C., Patrianakos, J., Schmaltz, S.P., Boudreaux, E.D., Ahmedani, B.K., Roaten, K., Comtois, K.A., Akkas, F., & Brown, G.K. : Evaluating the prevalence of suicide risk screening practices in accredited hospitals. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 51(5): 342–349, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjq.2025.01.010.
189 Arias, S.A., Weinstock, L.M., Toor, M., Cinader, M., Schall, G., Brown, G.K., Stanley, B., & Johnson, J.E. : Baseline and lifetime suicidality and risk factors among pretrial jail detainees enrolled in a suicide prevention trial. Psychiatric Services 76(7): 649-655, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20240446.
1b8 Tran, J.T., Webster, J., Wolfe, J.R., Ben Nathan, J., Mayinja, L., Kautz, M., Oquendo, M.A., Brown, G.K., Mandell, D., Mowery, D., Bauermeister, J.A., & Brown, L.A. : Experiences of peer mentoring sexual and gender diverse emerging adults who are at risk for suicide: A mixed methods study. JMIR Formative Research 9: e67814, 2025 Notes: http://doi.org/10.2196/67814.
1f3 Donnelly, H. K., Brown, G. K., Green, K. L., Vurgun, U., Hwang, S., Schriver, E., Steinberg, M., Reilly, M., Mehta, H., Labouliere, C., Oquendo, M., Mandell, D., & Mowery, D. L.: Exploring the potential of large language models for automated safety plan scoring in outpatient mental health settings. medRxiv: the preprint server for health sciences 2025.03.26.25324610, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.26.25324610.
1ff Lin, T., Tang, M., Bauermeister, J. A., Tran, J. T., Kautz, M. M., Donnelly, H., Webster, J., Wolfe, J. R., Ben Nathan, J., Arcamano, A., Oquendo, M. A., Brown, G. K., Mandell, D., Mowery, D., & Brown, L. A. : Moderating effects of coping strategies on the associations between stigma and depression among emerging adult sexual minorities. Journal of Affective Disorders 390: 119843, 2025 Notes: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2025.119843.
1a9 Chitavi, S.O., Patrianakos, J., Williams, S.C., Schmaltz, S.P., Ahmedani, B.K., Roaten, K., Boudreaux, E.D., & Brown, G.K.: Evaluating the prevalence of four recommended practices for suicide prevention following hospital discharge. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 50: 393-403, Jun 2024 Notes: doi:10.1016/j.jcjq.2024.02.007.
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