Identifying brain alterations that contribute to suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) are
important to develop more targeted and effective strategies to prevent suicide. In the last …

Mindfulness has been described as a practice of learning to focus attention on moment-
bymoment experience with an attitude of curiosity, openness, and acceptance. Mindfulness …

Objective: Bipolar disorder is associated with high risk for suicidal behavior that often
develops in adolescence and young adulthood. Elucidation of involved neural systems is …

Brain imaging is a non-invasive and in vivo direct estimation of detailed brain structure,
regional brain functioning and estimation of molecular processes in the brain. The main …

BackgroundReward dysfunction is a major dimension of depressive symptomatology, but it
remains obscure if that dysfunction varies across different reward types. In this study, we …

Background Accumulating studies have found structural and functional abnormalities of the
striatum in bipolar disorder (BD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). However, changes …

Introduction Suicide is a multicausal human behavior, with devastating and immensely
distressing consequences. Its prevalence is estimated to be 20–30 times greater in patients …

Background Clinically distinguishing bipolar disorder (BD) from major depressive disorder
(MDD) during depressive states is difficult. Neuroimaging findings suggested that patients …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) and suicidal behavior have been associated with
structural and functional changes in the brain. However, little is known regarding alterations …

Context This article reviews neuroimaging studies on neural circuitry associated with suicide-
related thoughts and behaviors to identify areas of convergence in findings. Gaps in the …