Publications

Selected Publications

  1. Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., Shriver, C. L., Lin, J., Doran, N., Twamley, E. W., Ehret, B. C., & Depp, C. A. (2024). U.S. Veteran interest in Peer Specialists’ help to enhance suicide safety plans: Understanding Veteran perspectives on safety plan engagement. Journal of Military Social Work and Behavioral Health Sciences, 1-10. https://doi.org/ 10.1080/21635781.2024.2368168

  2. Chalker, S. A., Serafez, J., Imai, Y., Stinchcomb, J., Mendez, E., Depp, C. A., Twamley, E. W., Fortuna, K. L., Goodman, G., & Chinman, M. (2024). SUicide Prevention by Peers Offering Recovery Tactics (SUPPORT) for U.S. Veterans with serious mental illness: Community engagement approach. Journal of Participatory Medicine, 16:e56204. https://doi.org/10.2196/56204

  3. Chalker, S. A., Sicotte, R., Bornheimer, L. A., Parrish, E. M., Wastler, H., Ehret, B. C., DeVylder, J., Depp, C. A. (2024). A call to action: Informing research and practice in suicide prevention among individuals with psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1378600

  4. Parrish, E. M., Steenkamp, L., Chalker, S. A., Moore, R. C., Pinkham, A., & Depp, C. A. (2024). Systematic review of the link between social cognition and suicidal ideation and behavior in people with serious mental illness. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open. https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgae007

  5. Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., Chang, C. J., Ehret, B. C., & Treichler, E. B. H. (2024). Preferences of U.S. Veterans making and receiving caring cards: A peer approach to suicide prevention. Practice Innovations, 9(1), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000230

  6. Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., & Ehret, B. C. (2024). Functional impairment, internalized stigma, and well-being: Considerations for recovery-oriented suicide prevention for U.S. Veterans with serious mental illness. Practice Innovations, 9(1), 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000213

  7. Parrish, E. M., Quynh, A., Scott, V., Chalker, S. A., Chang, C., Kamarsu, S., Twamley, E. W., & Depp, C. A. (2023). Suicide safety plan self-knowledge in serious mental illness: Psychiatric symptom correlates and effects of brief intervention. Community Mental Health Journal, 59(8), 1639-1646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01155-5

  8. Ehret, B. C., Titone, M. K., Carey, C. J., Martinez, A., Chalker, S. A., Granholm, E. L., & Depp, C. A. (2023). Are all reasons for living made equally? Reasons for living and dysfunctional attitudes in bipolar and psychotic disorders. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(3), 748-761. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12466 

  9. Chalker, S. A., Parrish, E. M., Martinez Ceren, C. S., Depp, C. A., Goodman, M., & Doran, N. (2023). Predictive importance of social contacts on U.S. veteran suicide safety plans. Psychiatric Services, 74(3), 244-249. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100699

  10. Depp, C. A., Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Ehret, B. C., Kamarsu, S., Perivoliotis, D, & Granholm, E. (2023). Pilot feasibility trial of a brief mobile augmented suicide prevention intervention for serious mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 46(1), 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000547

  11. Steenkamp, L. R., Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Badal, V. D., Taylor, C. T., Pinkham, A. E., Harvey, P. D., & Depp, C. A. (2023). Childhood trauma and real-world social experiences in psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 252, 279-286.

  12. Comtois, K. A., Hendricks, K. E., DeCou, C. R., Chalker, S. A., Crumlish, J., Huppert, T., & Jobes, D. A. (2023). Reducing short term suicide risk after hospitalization: A randomized controlled trial of the collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS). Journal of Affective Disorders, 320(1), 656-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.042

  13. Chalker, S. A., Martinez Ceren, C. S., Ehret, B. C., & Depp, C. A. (2022). Suicide-focused group therapy: A scoping review. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 44(6). https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000892

  14. Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Cano, M., Harvey, P. D., Pinkham, A., Moore, R. C., Ackerman, R. A., & Depp, C. A. (2022). Ecological momentary assessment of social approach and avoidance motivations in serious mental illness: Connections to suicidal ideation and symptoms. Archives of Suicide Research, 28(1), 123-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2137445

  15. Lieberman, A., Gai, A. R., Rogers, M. L., Jobes, D. A., Rudd, M. D., Chalker, S. A., Brenner, J., & Joiner, T. E. (2022). Targeting perceived burdensomeness to reduce suicide risk. Behavior Therapy, 54(4), 696 707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.12.002

  16. Chalker, S. A., Parrish, E. M., Martinez Ceren, C. S., Depp, C. A., Ilgen, M. A., Goodman, M., Twamley, E. W., & Doran, N. (2022). Crisis service utilization following completion of a suicide safety plan for U.S. veterans with and without affective and nonaffective psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 5(154), 219-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.034

  17. Fortuna, K. L., Hill, J., Chalker, S. A., & Ferron, J. C. (2022). Certified peer support specialists training in technology and delivery of digital peer support services: A cross-sectional study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(12), e40065. https://doi.org/10.2196/40065

  18. Ehret, B. C., Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., & Martinez Ceren, C. S. (2022). A peer approach to suicide prevention and recovery: Study protocol for a feasibility and acceptability trial of caring cards for veterans. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 29, 100974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100974

  19. Chalker, S. A., Gallop, R., Jobes, D. A., Au, J. S., & Pistorello, J. (2022). Treatment fidelity of a randomized controlled trial for suicidal risk. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 52, 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-021-09528-1

  20. Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Cano, M., Moore, R. C., Joiner, T. E., & Depp, C. A. (2021). Ecological momentary assessment of interpersonal theory of suicide constructs in people experiencing psychotic symptoms. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 140, 496-503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.06.022

  21. Chalker, S. A., Parish, E. M., Cano, M. J., Kelsven, S., Granholm, E., Pinkham, A., Harvey, P. D., & Depp, C. A. (2021). Childhood trauma associations with interpersonal suicide risk factors and social cognitive biases in psychotic disorders. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 210(6), 432-438. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001462

  22. Ehret, B. C., Treichler, E., Ehret, P. J., Chalker, S. A., Depp, C. A., & Perivoliotis, D. G. (2021). Designed and created for a veteran by a veteran: A pilot study of caring cards for suicide prevention. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(5), 872-881. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12762

  23. Depp, C. A., Kamarsu, S., Filip, T. F., Parrish, E. M., Harvey, P. D., Granholm, E., Chalker, S. A., Moore, R., & Pinkham, A. (2021). Ecological momentary facial emotion recognition in psychotic disorders. Psychological Medicine, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720004419

  24. Kessler, R. C., Chalker, S. A., Luedtke, A. R., Sadikova, E., & Jobes, D. A. (2019). A preliminary precision treatment rule for remission of suicide ideation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, 50(2), 558-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12609

  25. Jobes, D. A., & Chalker, S. A. (2019). One size does not fit all: A comprehensive approach to reducing suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 3606. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193606

  26. Dimeff, L., Jobes, D. A., Chalker, S. A., Piehl, B., Duvivier, L., & Koerner, K. (2018). A novel engagement of suicidality in the emergency department: Virtual collaborative assessment and management of suicidality. General Hospital Psychiatry, 63, 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2018.05.005

  27. Jobes, D. A., Comtois, K. A., Gutierrez, P. M., Brenner, L., Huh, D., Chalker, S. A., Ruhe, G., Kerbrat, A. H., Atkins, D. C., Jennings, K., Crumlish, J., Corona, C. D., O’Connor, S., Hendricks, K. E., Schembari, B., Singer, B., & Crow, B. (2017). A randomized controlled trial of the collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS) versus enhanced care as usual for suicidal soldiers. Psychiatry, 80, 339-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2017.1354607

  28. Chalker, S. A., & Comtois, K. A. (2017). Personal technology use and thwarted belongingness among suicidal active duty military personnel. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, 48(6), 732-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12393

  29. Landes, S. J., Chalker, S. A., & Comtois, K. A. (2016). Predicting dropout in outpatient dialectical behavior therapy with patients with borderline personality disorder receiving psychiatric disability. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 3:9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-016-0043-3

  30. Chalker, S. A., Carmel, A., Atkins, D. C., Landes, S. J., Kerbrat, A. H., & Comtois, K. A. (2015). Examining the challenging behaviors of patients with borderline personality disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 75, 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.10.003

  31. Luxton, D. D., June, J. D., & Chalker, S. A. (2015). Mobile health technologies for suicide prevention: A review and recommendations for use in clinical settings. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 2:349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-015-0057-2

  32. Chalker, S. A., Comtois, K. A., & Kerbrat, A. H. (2015). Impulsivity and suicidal behavior: How you define it matters. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 8, 172-192. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2015.8.2.172