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Walsh, R. F., Sheehan, A. E., Burke, T. A., & Liu, R. T. (2026). Psychiatric predictors of first-onset suicidal thoughts and behaviors throughout preadolescence: Longitudinal associations in a US population-based study. Translational Psychiatry, 16, 265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-026-03980-0 [PDF]

Kleiman E.M., Edershile E.A., Patel K.K., Yoon E., Pereira A., Lint A.H., Glenn C.R., Liu R.T. Separating presence from severity in suicidal ideation: Evidence from multilevel hurdle models. Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. In press. doi:10.1037/abn0001130

Collins A.C., Weires E.M., Goel D., Liu R.T. Self-schemata and suicidal thoughts and nonsuicidal self-injury: Longitudinal and bidirectional associations in adolescent inpatients. Clinical Psychological Science. In press. doi:10.1177/21677026261439084 [PDF]

Cheek S.M., Walsh R.F.L., Barnes S, Rowell Hall T.A., Sheehan A.E., Carosa C.L., Lindley A.A., Velotta S., Liu, R.T. Executive function and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Biological Psychiatry. In press. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2026.05.010 [PDF]

Bentley K. H., Kennedy C. J., Khadse P. N., Brooks Stephens J. R., Madsen E. M., Flics M. J., Lee H., Smoller J.W., & Burke, T. A. (2025). Clinician suicide risk assessment for prediction of suicide attempt in a large health care system. JAMA Psychiatry, 82, 599-608. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2025.0325 [PDF]

Haliczer, L. H., Park, Y., Turnamian, M. R., Cetinkaya, D., DeCaro, S. A., Kleiman, E. M., Burke, T. A., & Liu, R. T. (2025). A multi-method evaluation of emotional processing in prospectively predicting suicidal ideation trajectories in adolescents post-psychiatric hospitalization. Psychological Medicine, 55, e269. doi:10.1017/S0033291725101426 [PDF]

GBD 2021 Suicide Collaborators. (2025). Global, regional, and national burden of suicide, 1990-2201: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet Public Health, 10, e189-e202. doi:10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00006-4 [PDF]

Hull, S., Origlio, J., Noyala, N., Henin, A., & Liu, R. T. (2025). Dimensions of experienced gender and prospective self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in preadolescent children: A national study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 369, 467-474. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2024.10.033 [PDF]

Weires, E. M., Edershile, E. A., Goel, D., Walsh, R. F. L., Burke, T. A., & Liu, R. T. (2025). Real-time prediction of passive and active suicidal ideation in an adolescent clinical sample: Ecological momentary assessment of interpersonal risk factors and mediating mechanisms. Psychological Medicine, 55, e366. doi:10.1017/S0033291725102547 [PDF]

Lee, P. H., Tervo-Clemmens, B., Liu, R. T., Gersten, M. B., Jung, J., Janes, A. C., & Gilman, J. (2024). Use of tobacco products and suicide attempts in elementary-school-aged children. JAMA Network Open, 7, e240376. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0376 [PDF]

López, R., Turnamian, M. R., & Liu, R. T. (2024). Prospective relations between life stress, emotional clarity, and suicidal ideation in an adolescent clinical sample. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 53, 944-957. doi:10.1080/15374416.2024.2344735 [PDF]

Pollak, O. H., Sheehan, A. E., Walsh, R. F. L., Stephenson, A. R., Zell, H., Mayes, J., Lawrence, H. R., Bettis, A. H., & Liu, R. T. (2024). Assessment of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in adults: A systematic review of measure psychometric properties and implications for clinical and research utility. Clinical Psychology Review, 112, 102464. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2024.102464 [PDF]

Walsh, R. F. L., Maddox, M. A., Smith, L. T., Liu, R. T., & Alloy, L. B. (2024). Social and circadian rhythm dysregulation and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 158, 105560. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105560 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Bettis, A. H., Walsh, R. F. L., Levin, R. Y., Lawrence, H. R., Sheehan, A. E., Turnamian, M. R., & Liu, R. T. (2023). Nonsuicidal self-injury in preadolescents. Pediatrics, 152, e2023063918. doi:10.1542/peds.2023-063918 [PDF]

Cheek, S. M., Kudinova, A. Y., Kuzyk, E. G., Goldston, D. B., & Liu, R. T. (2023). Cognitive inflexibility and suicidal ideation among adolescents following hospitalization: The moderating role of life stress. Journal of Affective Disorders, 339, 698-705. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2023.07.075 [PDF]

Kleiman, E. M., Glenn, C. R., & Liu, R. T. (2023). The use of advanced technology and statistical methods to understand, predict, and prevent suicide. Nature Reviews Psychology, 2, 347-359. doi:10.1038/s44159-023-00175-y [PDF]

Lawrence, H. R., Balkind, E. G., Ji, J. L., Burke, T. A., & Liu, R. T. (2023). Mental imagery of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 103, 102302. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2023.102302 [PDF]

Liu, R. T. (2023). The epidemiology of non-suicidal self-injury: Lifetime prevalence, sociodemographic and clinical correlates, and treatment use in a nationally representative sample of adults in England. Psychological Medicine, 53, 274-282. doi:10.1017/S003329172100146X [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Hamilton, J. L., Seigel, D., Kautz, M., Liu, R. T., Alloy, L. B., & Barker, D. H. (2022). Sleep irregularity and nonsuicidal self-injurious urges and behaviors. Sleep, 45, zsac084. doi:10.1093/sleep/zsac084 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Shao, S., Jacobucci, R., Kautz, M., Alloy, L. B., & Ammerman, B. A. (2022). Examining momentary associations between behavioral approach system indices and nonsuicidal self-injury urges. Journal of Affective Disorders, 296, 244–249. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.029 [PDF]

Fox, K. R., Bettis, A. H., Burke, T. A., Hart, E. A., & Wang, S. B. (2022). Exploring adolescent experiences with disclosing self-injurious thoughts and behaviors across settings. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 669–681. doi:10.1007/s10802-021-00878-x [PDF]

Glenn, C. R., Kleiman, E. M., Kandlur, R., Esposito, E. C., & Liu, R. T. (2022). Thwarted belongingness mediates interpersonal stress and suicidal thoughts: An intensive longitudinal study with high-risk adolescents. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 51, 295–311. doi:10.1080/15374416.2021.1969654 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., Walsh, R. F. L., Sheehan, A. E., Cheek, S. M., & Sanzari, C. M. (2022). Prevalence and correlates of suicide and nonsuicidal self-injury in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Psychiatry, 79, 718–726. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2022.1256 [PDF]

Ammerman, B. A., Burke, T. A., Jacobucci, R., & McClure, K. (2021). How we ask matters: The impact of question wording in single-item measurement of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Preventive Medicine, 152, 106472. doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106472 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Allen, K., Carpenter, R. W., Siegel, D. M., Kautz, M. M., Liu, R. T., & Alloy, L. B. (2021). Emotional response inhibition to self-harm stimuli interacts with momentary negative affect to predict nonsuicidal self-injury urges. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 142, 103865. doi:10.1016/j.brat.2021.103865 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Bettis, A. H., Barnicle, S. C., Wang, S. B., & Fox, K. R. (2021). Disclosure of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors across sexual and gender identities. Pediatrics, 148, e2021050255. doi:10.1542/peds.2021-050255 [PDF]

Lawrence, H. R., Burke, T. A., Sheehan, A. E., Pastro, B., Levin, R. Y., Walsh, R. F. L., Bettis, A. H., & Liu, R. T. (2021). Prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in preadolescent children: A US population-based study. Translational Psychiatry, 11, 489. doi:10.1038/s41398-021-01593-3 [PDF]

Nesi, J., Burke, T. A., Bettis, A. H., Kudinova, A. Y., Thompson, E. C., MacPherson, H. A., Fox, K. A., Lawrence, H. R. & Liu, R. T. (2021). Social media use and self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 87, 102038. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2021.102038 [PDF]

Nesi, J., Burke, T. A., Lawrence, H. R., MacPherson, H. A., Spirito, A., & Wolff, J. C. (2021). Online self-injury activities among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents: prevalence, functions, and perceived consequences. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 49, 519-531. doi:10.1007/s10802-020-00734-4 [PDF]

Walsh, R. F. L., Sheehan, A. E., & Liu, R. T. (2021). Suicidal thoughts and behaviors in preadolescents: Findings and replication in two population-based samples. Depression and Anxiety, 38, 48–56. doi:10.1002/da.23087 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Ammerman, B. A., Hamilton, J. L., Stange, J. P., & Piccirillo, M. (2020). Nonsuicidal self-injury scar concealment from the self and others. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 130, 313–320. doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.040 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Jacobucci, R., Ammerman, B. A., Alloy, L. B., & Diamond, G. (2020). Using machine learning to classify suicide attempt history among youth in medical care settings. Journal of Affective Disorders, 268, 206–214. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2020.02.048

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Liu R. T. (2020). Prevalence of and factors associated with self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in a nationally representative sample of preadolescent children in Great Britain. JAMA Pediatrics, 174, 202–204. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5048 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., Bettis, A. H., & Burke, T. A. (2020). Characterizing the phenomenology of passive suicidal ideation: A systematic review and meta-analysis of its prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity, correlates, and comparisons with active suicidal ideation. Psychological Medicine, 50, 367–383. doi:10.1017/S003329171900391X [PDF]

Liu, R. T., Steele, S. J., Hamilton, J. L., Do, Q., Furbish, K., Burke, T. A., Martinez, A. P., & Gerlus, N. (2020). Sleep and suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Clinical Psychology Review, 81, 101895. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2020.101895 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., Walsh, R. F. L., Sheehan, A. E., Cheek, S. M., & Carter, S. M. (2020). Suicidal ideation and behavior among sexual minority and heterosexual youth: 1995-2017. Pediatrics, 145, e20192221. doi:10.1542/peds.2019-2221 [PDF]

Piccirillo, M. L., Burke, T. A., Moore-Berg, S. L., Alloy, L. B., & Heimberg, R. G. (2020). Self-stigma toward nonsuicidal self-injury: An examination of implicit and explicit attitudes. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior, 50, 1007–1024. doi:10.1111/sltb.12640 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Piccirillo, M. L., Moore-Berg, S. L., Alloy, L. B., & Heimberg, R. G. (2019). The stigmatization of nonsuicidal self-injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75, 481–498. doi:10.1002/jclp.22713 [PDF]

Kleiman, E. M., Glenn, C. R., & Liu, R. T. (2019). Real-time monitoring of suicide risk among adolescents: Potential barriers, possible solutions, and future directions. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 48, 934–946. doi:10.1080/15374416.2019.1666400 [PDF]

Liu R. T. (2019). Temporal trends in the prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury among sexual minority and heterosexual youth from 2005 through 2017. JAMA Pediatrics, 173, 790–791. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.1433 [PDF]

Liu R. T. (2019). The psychological scars of suicide: Accounting for how risk for suicidal behavior is heightened by its past occurrence. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 99, 42–48. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.01.024 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., Sheehan, A. E., Walsh, R. F. L., Sanzari, C. M., Cheek, S. M., & Hernandez, E. M. (2019). Prevalence and correlates of non-suicidal self-injury among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 74, 101783. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2019.101783 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., & Spirito, A. (2019). Suicidal behavior and stress generation in adolescents. Clinical Psychological Science, 7, 488–501. doi:10.1177/2167702618810227 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Anne McArthur, B., Daryanani, I., Abramson, L. Y., & Alloy, L. B. (2018). Latent classes of trait affect and cognitive affective regulation strategies are associated with depression, non-suicidal self-injury, and well-being. Journal of Affective Disorders, 225, 180–187. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2017.08.015 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Jacobucci, R., Ammerman, B. A., Piccirillo, M., McCloskey, M. S., Heimberg, R. G., & Alloy, L. B. (2018). Identifying the relative importance of non-suicidal self-injury features in classifying suicidal ideation, plans, and behavior using exploratory data mining. Psychiatry Research, 262, 175–183. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2018.01.045 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., Scopelliti, K. M., Pittman, S. K., & Zamora, A. S. (2018). Childhood maltreatment and non-suicidal self-injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 5, 51–64. doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(17)30469-8 [PDF]

Sheehan, A. E., Walsh, R. F. L., & Liu, R. T. (2018). Racial and ethnic differences in mental health service utilization in suicidal adults: A nationally representative study. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 107, 114–119. doi:0.1016/j.jpsychires.2018.10.019 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Ammerman, B. A., Hamilton, J. L., & Alloy, L. B. (2017). Impact of non-suicidal self-injury scale: Initial psychometric validation. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41, 130–142. doi:10.1007/s10608-016-9806-9 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Olino, T. M., & Alloy, L. B. (2017). Initial psychometric validation of the non-suicidal self-injury scar cognition scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 39, 546–562. doi:10.1007/s10862-017-9595-9 [PDF]

Liu R. T. (2017). Characterizing the course of non-suicidal self-injury: A cognitive neuroscience perspective. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 80, 159–165. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.05.026 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., Trout, Z. M., Hernandez, E. M., Cheek, S. M., & Gerlus, N. (2017). A behavioral and cognitive neuroscience perspective on impulsivity, suicide, and non-suicidal self-injury: Meta-analysis and recommendations for future research. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 83, 440–450. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.09.019 [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Connolly, S. L., Hamilton, J. L., Stange, J. P., Abramson, L. Y., & Alloy, L. B. (2016). Cognitive risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation: A two year longitudinal study in adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1145–1160. doi:10.1007/s10802-015-0104-x [PDF]

Burke, T. A., Hamilton, J. L., Cohen, J. N., Stange, J. P., & Alloy, L. B. (2016). Identifying a physical indicator of suicide risk: Non-suicidal self-injury scars predict suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 65, 79–87. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2015.10.008 [PDF]

Kleiman, E. M., & Liu, R. T. (2014). Prospective prediction of suicide in a nationally representative sample: religious service attendance as a protective factor. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 204, 262–266. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.113.128900 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., & Miller, I. (2014). Life events and suicidal ideation and behavior: a systematic review. Clinical Psychology Review, 34, 181–192. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2014.01.006 [PDF]

Mustanski, B., & Liu, R. T. (2013). A longitudinal study of predictors of suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42, 437–448. doi:10.1007/s10508-012-0013-9 [PDF]

Liu, R. T., & Mustanski, B. (2012). Suicidal ideation and self-harm in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 42, 221–228. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2011.10.023 [PDF]