Controversial Brain Imaging Uses AI to Take Aim at Suicide Prevention
When someone takes their own life, they leave behind an inheritance of unanswered questions. \u201cWhy did they do it?\u201d \u201cWhy didn\u2019t we see this coming?\u201d \u201cWhy didn\u2019t I help them sooner?\u201d If suicide were easy to diagnose from the outside, it wouldn\u2019t be the public health curse it is today. In 2014 suicide rates surged to a 30-year high in the US, making it now the second leading cause of death among young adults.