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Methods: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention developed an Interactive Screening Program to identify and engage at-risk staff and trainees in health care settings. The study reports on the prevalence and demographic and clinical predictors of current suicidal thoughts, behaviors and mental health treatment at a single site (n = 5898) from 2009 to 2024. Results: The study found that 18.2% of respondents reported current suicidal thoughts and behaviors. These were more common among respondents who were younger, male, and who identified as a race\/ethnicity other than non-Hispanic White. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors were more likely among those with higher PHQ-8 scores (OR = 1.23, p &lt; 0.01) and those who endorsed maladaptive coping behaviors, hopelessness, loneliness, stress and nervousness (ORs 1.36\u20133.04, ps &lt; 0.01). Current mental health treatment was more likely among women, non-Hispanic White respondents compared with Asian or Pacific Islander respondents, and nurses relative to physicians. Mental health treatment was also associated with higher PHQ-8 scores, lifetime suicide attempts, difficulty controlling eating and alcohol consumption, and recent feelings of anxiety, stress and nervousness. Conclusions: Findings suggest a continued need to identify and engage health care trainees and staff who are at risk for suicide and to establish new approaches to linking these individuals to resources or interventions aimed at reducing risk. The study identified male and\/or Asian\/Pacific Islander-identifying health care workers who reported intense loneliness and\/or hopelessness, use of non-prescription drugs and recent suicidal thoughts and\/or behaviors as high-risk individuals who may require enhanced methods of outreach, identification, acceptance and accessibility of treatment.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14020574","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,17]],"date-time":"2025-01-17T11:24:56Z","timestamp":1737113096000},"page":"574","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Among Health Care Trainees, Staff and Faculty at an Academic Medical Center"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Sijia","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3341-9185","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sidney","family":"Zisook","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1459-181X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Judy","family":"Davidson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA 92121, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1367-8713","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Desiree","family":"Shapiro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2825-6318","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Neal","family":"Doran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA"},{"name":"Mental Health Care Line, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA 92161, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e18","DOI":"10.1192\/bjo.2018.88","article-title":"Association between Suicidal Ideation and Suicide: Meta-Analyses of Odds Ratios, Sensitivity, Specificity and Positive Predictive Value","volume":"5","author":"McHugh","year":"2019","journal-title":"BJPsych Open"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"57","DOI":"10.15585\/mmwr.mm6903a1","article-title":"Suicide Rates by Industry and Occupation\u2014National Violent Death Reporting System, 32 States, 2016","volume":"69","author":"Peterson","year":"2020","journal-title":"MMWR. 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