CRISIS LAB

2025 

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*Spigel, R., McMeekin, E., Doerr, S. & Law, K. (2025, November). Location matters: Suicide risk in sexual and gender minority youth by residential setting. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention. New Orleans, LA.  

 

Rekow, V., Law, K., Fossum, J., (2025, April). Exploring the influence of anger rumination and distress tolerance in suicidal ideation. Poster presented at the 4th annual Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual.  

 

*Gilbert, A.C., & Law, K.C. (2025, April). TikTok Users' Engagement with Mental Health Content: Does Suicidal Ideation Play a Role? Paper presented at the 4th annual meeting of the Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual. 

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*Gilbert, A.C., & Law, K.C. (2025, November). Assessing the Acceptability of Screen Time and Content Moderation Features on TikTok Using Sentiment Analysis. Poster presented at the 59th annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New Orleans, LA. 

 

*Ragazzo, S., Hassler, M., & Law, K. (2025, November 20–23). Applying game theory to suicidality: The utility of living and dying for self and others [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States. 

 

*Ragazzo, S., & Law, K. (2025, November 20–23). TikTok logins and suicidal ideation: Investigating social media engagement and suicide risk [Poster presentation]. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA, United States. 

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2024

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Law, K.C., Gilbert, A.C., Adrian, M., & Comtois, K.A. (November, 2024). From Views to Vulnerability: Examining the Relationship between TikTok Use and Suicidal Ideation and Behaviors in Adolescents and Young Adults. In B.A. Ammerman & J. Hamilton (Chairs) Multimethod Approaches in the Science of Social Media and Suicide: Rethinking Risk, Protection, and Prevention. Symposium presented at the 58th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. 

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*Gilbert, A.C., Ekstein, D., & Law, K.C. (November, 2024). Navigating Mental Health Content on TikTok: Perceptions and Experiences of Young Users. Poster accepted for presentation at the 58th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. 

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*Lin, Y.C., Wee, J.Y., Widman, C., Quan, S., Law, K.C. (2024, November). Psychologization and somatization of pain: an examination of suicidal ideation in an Asian American sample. Poster presented at the 58th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. 

 

Law, K.C., & Vereecke, M. (October, 2024). A Catholic Approach to TikTok: Supporting Youth Mental Health and Spiritual Formation on Social Media. Presentation for the National Catholic Educational Association’s Catholic Leaders Summit. Seattle, WA. 

 

*Ekstein, D., Gilbert, A., & Law, K.C. (June, 2024). Beyond the Screen: Exploring TikTok Connectedness and its Role in Adolescent and Young Adult NSSI. Research snapshot presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (ISSS) conference. Toronto, ON.  

 

Law, K.C., Gilbert, A., & Ekstein, D. (June, 2024). Exploring Pain Perception and Tolerance: The Role of NSSI Frequency and Versatility. Research talk presented at the 19th Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury (ISSS) conference. Toronto, ON.  

 

*Schjelderup, E., Moreira, N., Barnette, B.H., Ekstein, D., Law, K.C., Amiri, S., Amram, O. (May, 2024). Geospatial disparities in suicidal ideation among Washington State Youth: Insights from the Healthy Youth Survey. Research talk presented at the Youth Suicide Research Consortium. Virtual.  

 

Law, K.C., & Gilbert, A. (May, 2024). The TikTok Effect: Understanding the Impact of TikTok Content from the Perspective of Adolescents and Young Adults Who Self-Injure. In L. Nagy (Chair), Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in a Connected World: Understanding Self-Injury in a Social Context. Symposium presented at the 53rd Annual meeting of the Association of Psychological Science. San Francisco, CA.  

 

*Ekstein, D., Spigel, R., & Law, K.C. (2024, April). Unraveling TikTok’s Influence on Adolescents and Young Adults: Social Connectedness and Suicidal Ideation. Research talk presented at the 3rd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual.  

 

*Spigel R., Ekstein D., & Law, K.C. (2024, April). Like, Comment, Share: Is Social Engagement on TikTok Protective Against Suicidality in Adolescents? Research talk accepted for presentation at the 3rd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual. 

 

*McMeekin, E. P., Snodgrass, N., & Law, C. K. (2024, April). Literature Review: Suicidality in Youth with ASD & ADHD. Poster presented at the 3rd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual. 

 

*Ragazzo, S., Hassler, M., & Law, K.C., (2024, April). Costs and Benefits for living and Dying: A Descriptive and Qualitative Analysis. Poster presented at the 3rd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual.  

 

*Ekstein, D., Pastro, B., & Law, K.C. (2024, November). Decoding TikTok: The Interplay of Suicide and Self-Injury Themes Poster accepted for presentation at the 58th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. 

 

*Barnette, B.H., Moreira, N., O'Connell, K.L., Taylor, A., McMeekin, E.P., & Law, K.C. (2024, November). Death Anxiety, Insomnia, and Posttraumatic Stress among Frontline Healthcare Providers: Insights in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster accepted for presentation at the 58th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, PA. 

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2023

 

*O’Connell, K.L., Moreira, N., Barnette, B., Lin, Y.-C, Doerr, S., Marks, R.B. & Law, K.C. (2023, November).  The first, first responder: Exploring the mental health toll of helping in 911 telecommunicators. Poster presented at the 57th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Seattle, WA.  

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*Hassler, M., Estrella, L., Wee, J. Y., Barnette, B., & Law, K. C. (2023, November) Brooding Rumination and Suicidal Desire: Exploring the Moderating Role of Mindfulness. Poster presented at the 57th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Seattle, WA. 

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*Gilbert, A.C., Jacobson, S.V., Doerr, S., Law, K.C., & Ammerman, B.A. (2023, November). Mechanisms of the Association between Sexual Orientation and Suicide Risk: The Role of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury versus Sexual Victimization. Poster presented at the 57th Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Seattle, WA. 

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Moreira, N., O’Connell, K.L., Carson, K.L., Law, K.C. (2023, August) Booked or Buried: A regression model of pre-booking deaths in Texas custody. Poster presented at the annual American Psychological Association Convention 2023, Washington, D.C. 

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*O’Connell, K.L., Moreira, N., Barnette, B., Lin, Y.-C, Doerr, S., Marks, R.B. & Law, K.C.  (2023, May) The first, first responder: Exploring the mental health toll of helping in 911 telecommunicators. Presented at the Washington State 911 Annual Conference, Olympia, WA.   

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Fraga, K., Wee, J. Y., Erickson, T., & Law, K.C. (2023, October) Investigating Acceptance as an Incremental Predictor of Perceived and Actual Cognitive Performance. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Conference of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN), Philadelphia, PA. 

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Rogers, M.L., Law, K.C., Lawrence, O., Mandel, A.A. (2023, September). Perseveration on Suicidal Thoughts and Images in Daily Life: An Examination of the Cognitive Model of Suicide Using Ecological Momentary Assessment. Paper presented at the 2023 IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research. Barcelona, Spain. 

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Law, K.C., Ton, A., Marks, R., & Anestis, M.D. (2023, April). Understanding the differential effects of sadness vs. anger rumination on changes in impulsivity. Poster presented at the Second Meeting of the Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual. 

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Law, K.C., Rogers, M.L., Lin, Y-C., Bauer, B.W. (2023, April). A balancing act: Examining the relative weights of perceived benefits and drawbacks of living versus dying in relation to suicidal ideation over time. Poster presented at the 2nd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual. 

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*Lin, Y.-C., O’Connell, K. L., Marks, R. B., & Law, K. C. (2023, April). Descriptive statistics of Asian subgroups suicide death in Washington State, 2009-2020. Poster presented at the 2nd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual. 

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*O’Connell, K.L., Gilbert, A., Moreira, N., Lin, H. & Law, K.C. (April, 2023). An ecological study of deaths of despair in Washington state. Paper presented at the 2nd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual. 

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*Gilbert, A.C., Barnett, B., Friedman, G.J., & Law, K.C. (2023, April). Examining sexual violence and risky sexual behaviors as predictors of past-year suicide attempt history in a national sample of LGB adolescents.  Poster presented at the 2nd annual Suicide Research Symposium. Virtual. 

 

2022

 

*Moreira, N., O’Connell, K. L., Marks, R.B., Tavakoli, A., Hearne, A., Law, K.C. (2022, November). Location Matters: ICE Facility violations and local geographical impact on detention suicide deaths. Poster accepted for presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New, York, NY. 

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*Barnette, B., Wee, J.Y., Hassler, M., Knight, J. & Law, K.C. (2022, November). Emotion dysregulation and acquired capability for suicide: a correlational analysis. Poster accepted for presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New, York, NY. 

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*Jacobson, S.V., Gilbert, A.C., O’Loughlin, C.M., Widman, C., Law, K.C., &  Ammerman, B.A. (2022, November). Effects of Sexual Orientation and NSSI Severity on Suicide Risk. Poster presented at the 27th Annual meeting of the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (ISIT DBT), New York, NY. 

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*Jacobson, S.V., O’Connell, K.L., Eckert, S.R., Anestis, M.D., & Law, K.C. (2022, June). Distress Tolerance and Emotion Dysregulation Moderate Borderline Personality Symptoms and Suicide Plans in Military Veterans. Paper presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual. 

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*Marks, R. B., Wee, J. Y., Jacobson, S. V., Hashimoto, K., O’Connell, K. L., Golden, S. A., Baker, P. M., & Law, K. C. (2022, June). The Role of the Lateral Habenula in Suicide: A Call for Further Exploration.  Paper presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual. 

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*Hassler, M., Widman, C., Jacobson, S.V., Lin, Y-C., & Law, K.C. (2022, June). Distress Tolerance Mediates the Relationship Between Emotion Dysregulation and Suicide Risk in Undergraduate Students. Poster presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual. 

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*O'Connell, K.L., Moreira, N., & Law, K.C. (2022, June) Post-Psychiatric Hospitalization Suicide Interventions for Veterans and Active Duty Service Members: A Systematic Literature Review. Poster presented at the Inaugural Meeting of the Suicide Research Symposium, Virtual. 

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*O’Connell, K.L., Barnette, B., Law, K.C., & Anestis, M. (2022, March). The duality of grit in U.S. service members. Poster presented at the 62nd International Military Testing Association Conference, Raleigh, NC. 

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*Moreira, N., Marks, R.B., M.S., Hearne, A.R., & Law, K.C. (2022, March) Deportation, Marginalization and Isolation: A Qualitative Study of Suicide Deaths in ICE Custody. Poster presented at the American Psychological-Law Society’s (AP-LS) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  

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*Marks, R.B., Lee, L., Moreira, N., & Law, K.C. (2022, March). Suicide prevention policy and best-practice adherence in Washington State jails. Data presented at the American Psychological-Law Society’s (AP-LS) Annual Conference, Denver, CO.  

 

2021

 

*Law, K. C., Wee, J. Y., O’Connell, K. L., Moreira, N. L., Preston, O. C., Rogers, M. L., Anestis, J. (2021, November) The Multifinality of Traumatic Brain Injury: Suicide Risk Associated with Symptom Clusters. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Lin, Y.-C., Quan, S., Wee, J. Y., O’Connell, K. L., Gu, J., & Law, K. C. (2021, November). Somatization and suicidal ideation in an Asian American sample: the moderating role of shame. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Wee, J. Y., O’Connell, K. L., Johnson, B. D., Knight, J. E., Estrella, L. N., Law, K. C. (2021, November) Influence of Emotional Regulation on the Association Between Pain Tolerance and Acquired Capability for Suicide. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Wee, J. Y., Lin, Y.-C., Gu, J., Law, K. C. (2021, November) The Moderating Effect of Pain Attitudes on Somatization and Acquired Capability for Suicide in an Asian American Sample. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Marks, R. B., Lin, Y.-C., Moreira, N., O'Connell, K. L., & Law, K. C. (2021, November). The role of liability considerations in mental health clinicians' treatment of suicidal patients. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Law, K.C., O'Connell, K.L., Jacobson, S.V., Baer, M., Baker, P., Gratz, K.L., Tull, M. (2021, November). Influences of Reward Responsiveness, Sleep, and Cortisol Reactivity on Suicide. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Moreira, N., O’Connell, K.L., Marks, R.B., Law, K.C. (2021, November) Women locked up in Texas: Predicting suicide risk by custody type and nature of offense. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*O'Connell, K.L., Jacobson, S.V., Ton, A., & Law, K.C. (2021, November). Whose Gonna Call? Demographic Disparities Influence Suicidal Help-Seeking. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Jacobson, S.V., Inabata, R.S., & Law, K.C. (2021, November). Emotion Dysregulation and Distress Tolerance Moderate Borderline Personality Features and NSSI Method Versatility. Poster presented at the 55th Annual Convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual. 

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*Jacobson, S.V., Eckert, S.R., Anestis, M.D., & Law, K.C. (2021, November). Emotion Dysregulation and Distress Tolerance Moderate Borderline Personality Symptoms and Suicide Plans in Military Veterans. Poster presented at the 26th Annual meeting of the International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (ISITDBT), Virtual. 

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*Moreira, N., O’Connell, K.L., Wee, J.W., Lin, Y.-C., Marks, R.B., Jacobson, S.V., Hassler, M., O’Boyle, M., Layton, J.L., Hashimoto, K., Ton, A.T., Knight, J., & Law, K.C. (2021, October) A Qualitative Examination of Mental Health Needs and Managing Suicide Risk in Frontline Medical Professionals During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented at the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR) and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s (AFSP) International Summit on Suicide Research, Barcelona, Spain.   

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*Jacobson, S. V., Marks, R. B., Hassler, M. E., & Law, K. C. (2021, April). Self-Injury Type Mediate Emotion Dysregulation and Acquired Capability for Suicide. Poster presented at the conference of the American Association of Suicidology. Virtual. 

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*O'Connell, K.L., Hassler, M.E., & Law, K.C. (2021, April) Call 911: Suicidal Individuals’ Help- seeking Means as associated with their Outcomes. Poster presented at the conference of the American Association of Suicidology. Virtual.

 

*Lin, Y. C., O’Connell, K.L., & Law, K. C. (2021, April). Moderating roles of grit and locus of control on rumination and suicidality. Paper presented at the 54th Annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Virtual. 

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*Lin, Y. C., O’Connell, K.L, Marks, R.B., Wee, J. Y., Hassler, M.E., & Law, K. C. (2021, April). Components of anger rumination as mediators between shame-proneness and suicidal ideation. Poster presented at the 54th Annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Virtual. 

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*Marks, R.B., Moreira, N., & Law, K. C. (2021, April). Suicide while locked up in Texas: A forensic model of suicide risk by nature of offence and recency of custody. Paper presented at the 54th Annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, Virtual. 

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*Wee, J. Y. (Co-Chair), Gu, J. (Co-Chair), Lin, Y., Zhang, J., Jin, H., Anestis, M., & Law, K. C. (2021, April) Cross-Cultural Examination of Suicidality across Asian Subgroups. Symposium accepted for presentation at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American  Association of Suicidology (AAS), Virtual. 

 

2020

 

Law, K.C. (2020, June). Does Capability for Suicide and Self-Injurious Behaviors have a Dynamic Propensity? Oral presentation at the 15th annual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Self Injury (ISSS), Vienna, Austria. 

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*Lin, Y. C. & Law, K. C. (2020, April) A Literature Review of Suicide Research and Practices in Taiwan. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), Portland, OR. 

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*Marks, R. B. & Law, K. C. (2020, April) A Review of Suicide in the Correctional System. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), Portland, OR.  

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*Wee, J. Y., Gu, J., & Law, K. C. (2020, February) Help-Seeking Behaviors in Asian American Adolescents and College Students. Poster presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research (SCCR), Seattle, WA 

 

2019

 

Law, K.C., Rogers, M. L., Bauer, B.W., & Capron, D.W. (2019, November). A Potential Game Changer? A novel Game Theory inspired approach to assessing suicide risk. In B.A. Ammerman (Chair), Translational approach to suicide risk assessment . Symposium presented at the 53rd Annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, GA 

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*Gu, J., Wee, J.Y., & Law, K. C. (2019, November) A Literature Review of Mental Health of Chinese International Students Attending U.S. Higher Education Institutions. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual meeting of the Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), Atlanta, Georgia. 

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*Wee, J. Y., Gu, J., & Law, K. C. (2019, April) Exploring Culturally Relevant Factors of Suicidality in Asian Americans and Asian Immigrants. Poster presented at the 52nd Annual meeting of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS), Denver, CO.