Mubashshir Bhuiyan
Pronouns: he/him
Research Mentor(s): Lindsay Bornheimer
Research Mentor School/College/Department: / Social Work
Program:
Authors: Mubashshir Bhuiyan, Nick Brdar, Lindsay Bornheimer
Session: Session 1: 9:00 am – 9:50 am
Poster: 62
Abstract
Suicide, among the leading causes of death in the United States, continues to remain an understudied public health concern with over 50,000 individuals who died by suicide in America in 2023 alone. Due to the variety in risk and protective factors that may play a role in suicide thoughts and behavior, greater research is needed to pinpoint and recognize such factors to inform prevention efforts. However, the transitional age between pediatry and adulthood lacks research and context behind suicide risk whereas the majority of academic literature lies in those two groups. As described in the STAR Lab purpose statement, this research aims to examine relationships between demographic characteristics, clinical characteristics, service utilization, and suicidality (ideation, plan, and attempt) among adolescents and young adults in transitional ages (14-29 yrs of age). The study utilizes EMERSE, an electronic medical record searching tool, to examine medical charts of individuals aged 14-29 who presented to Michigan Medicine after making a suicide attempt. The data from charts are collected, coded, analyzed, and disseminated in SPSS. Analyses will help identify correlations between psychotropic medications that the patient is diagnosed with prior to the attempt along with their length of stay at Michigan Medicine. Whether or not a patient is prescribed psychotropic medication, the number of prescribed medications, and the categories of prescribed medications are all categories that are investigated for significant correlations to length of stay at Michigan Medicine. Preliminary findings show that patients who went to inpatient care, those who were taking a greater number of prescribed medications had significantly longer length of stay. While analyses are currently ongoing, there is potential for greater understandings to be gained regarding the transitional age phase that is being studied and the lack of previous literature leaves many vulnerable to risk and limited approaches to suicide prevention.
