Psychiatrist in clinical setting with a focus on patient care

Elizabeth D. Ballard, PhD

Director of Psychology and Behavioral Research and Director of Pre-Doctoral Training at NIMH's Experimental Therapeutics and Pathophysiology Branch

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From Screening to Treatment: Rethinking Suicide Risk with Elizabeth Ballard, PhD
Podcast

August 25, 2026

Dr. Elizabeth Ballard discusses suicide risk screening tools, ketamine's rapid antisuicidal effects, sleep biomarkers, and ethics of suicide research.
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Letter to the Editor

August 4, 2020

This letter, which comments on a recent article by Iltis et al, discusses exclusion of suicidal patients from clinical trials for depression.
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Original Research

December 6, 2016

Patients with insomnia and disrupted sleep are at increased risk of suicide. Check out this article to see if researchers found a link between antisuicidal response to ketamine and...
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Article

June 22, 2016

Sleep problems have been linked to suicidal thoughts and attempts, but most studies have investigated suicide risk only over long periods of time. Read this article to learn what...
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