Published on in Vol 11 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/63809, first published .
An Explainable Artificial Intelligence Text Classifier for Suicidality Prediction in Youth Crisis Text Line Users: Development and Validation Study

An Explainable Artificial Intelligence Text Classifier for Suicidality Prediction in Youth Crisis Text Line Users: Development and Validation Study

An Explainable Artificial Intelligence Text Classifier for Suicidality Prediction in Youth Crisis Text Line Users: Development and Validation Study

Julia Thomas   1, 2, 3 , MA ;   Antonia Lucht   3 , MSci ;   Jacob Segler   4 , MA ;   Richard Wundrack   3 , PhD ;   Marcel Miché   1 , PhD ;   Roselind Lieb   1 , Prof Dr ;   Lars Kuchinke   5 , Prof Dr ;   Gunther Meinlschmidt   2, 6, 7, 8 , Prof Dr

1 Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

2 Division of Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

3 Department of Research, Analytics and Development, krisenchat gGmbH, Berlin, Germany

4 Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany

5 Division of Methods and Statistics, International Psychoanalytic University Berlin, Berlin, Germany

6 Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Methods and Approaches, Department of Psychology, Trier University, Trier, Germany

7 Department of Digital and Blended Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital and University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

8 Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Corresponding Author:

  • Julia Thomas, MA
  • Division of Clinical Psychology and Epidemiology
  • Faculty of Psychology
  • University of Basel
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