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Published on in Vol 5 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/85085, first published .
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AI Models for Suicide Risk Prediction in Adult Patients Receiving Mental Health Care Using Real-World Data: Retrospective Population-Based Study

AI Models for Suicide Risk Prediction in Adult Patients Receiving Mental Health Care Using Real-World Data: Retrospective Population-Based Study

Cleofé Peña-Gómez   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Marc Fradera   2, 3, 4 * , PhD ;   Xavier Sánchez Corrales   5 , MS ;   Marc Caravaca-Rodriguez   2 , BSc ;   Juan-Francisco Martínez-Cerdá   6 , PhD ;   Joan Albert Escofet   6 , MS ;   David Roche   7 , PhD ;   Eneko Barbería   8, 9 , MD ;   Caridad Pontes   10, 11, 12 , PhD, MD ;   Jesús Giraldo   3, 4, 13 , PhD ;   Diego Palao   2, 3, 4, 5, 14 , MD, PhD

1 Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Barcelona, Spain

2 Institut d’Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT-CERCA), Sabadell, Spain

3 Unitat Mixta de Neurociències Traslacional I3PT-INc-UAB, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08208 Sabadell, Spain

4 Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain

5 Department of Mental Health, University Hospital Parc Taulí, 08208 Sabadell, Spain

6 Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia (AQUAS), Data Analytics Program for Health Research and Innovation (PADRIS) of the Data and AI Department, Barcelona, Spain

7 Research Institute for Evaluation and Public Policies (IRAPP), Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC), Barcelona, Spain

8 Forensic Pathology Department, Institut de Medicina Legal i Ciències Forenses de Catalunya (IMLCFC), Barcelona, Spain

9 School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Reus, Spain

10 Digitalization for the Sustainability of the Healthcare System (DS3), Barcelona, Spain

11 Servei de Farmacologia Clínica, Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

12 Departament de Farmacologia, de Toxicología i de Terapèutica, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

13 Laboratory of Molecular Neuropharmacology and Bioinformatics, Unitat de Bioestadística, Institut de Neurociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain

14 Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Medical School, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola del Vallès) Barcelona, Spain

*these authors contributed equally

Corresponding Author:

  • Cleofé Peña-Gómez, PhD
  • Institut d’Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT-CERCA)
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  • Sabadell 08208
  • Spain
  • Phone: +34 937458376
  • Email: cpenagom@bsc.es