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Published on in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/85589, first published .
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Using Automated Coding of Nonverbal Behavior During a Suicide Assessment to Inform Risk Detection: Mixed Cross-Sectional and Exploratory Prospective Study

Using Automated Coding of Nonverbal Behavior During a Suicide Assessment to Inform Risk Detection: Mixed Cross-Sectional and Exploratory Prospective Study

Ilana Gratch   1 , PhD ;   Simon M Li   2 , MA ;   Yutong Zhu   3 , MA ;   Alexander Grattery   4 , BA ;   Jeffrey Cohn   5, 6, 7 , PhD ;   Da-eun (Ellen) Lee   8 , PhD ;   Beatrice Beebe   9 , PhD ;   Christine B Cha   8, 10 , PhD

1 Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States

2 Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States

3 Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

4 Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States

5 Intelligent Systems Program, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

6 Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

7 Deliberate AI, New York, NY, United States

8 Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

9 New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States

10 Center for Brain and Mind Health, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

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