Publications

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS (mentored individuals in italics)

1.     Thomas, S., McBride, L., Chang, C., Chalker, S. A., & Depp, C. A. (in press). Childhood trauma and its association with internalized stigma in serious mental illness. Community Mental Health.

2.     Chalker, S. A., Carter, J., Hemingway, S. L., Downing, D., Patel, S. R., Goodman, M., & Waliski, A. (in press). Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a suicide prevention training for veteran peers working within and outside healthcare systems. Journal of Military and Government Counseling.

3.     Ehret, B. C., Pozun, C. T., Martinez Ceren, C., Carter, J., Shriver, C., Ehret, P. J., Ferragut, B., Depp, C. A., Treichler, E. B. H., Doran, N., Granholm, E., & Chalker, S. A. (2025). Feasibility and acceptability of Caring Cards: A peer-to-peer recovery-oriented suicide prevention intervention for U.S. veterans. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, 55(6), e70066. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.70066

4.     Chalker, S. A., Carter, J., Imai, Y., Depp, C. A., & Chinman, M. (2025). A recovery-oriented suicide prevention program led by peer specialists for veterans with serious mental illness (SUPPORT): Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocol, 14:e66182. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/66182

5.     Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., Shriver, C. L., Lin, J., Doran, N., Twamley, E. W., Ehret, B. C., & Depp, C. A. (2024). U.S. veteran interest in Peer Specialists’ help to enhance suicide safety plans: Understanding veteran perspectives on safety plan engagement. Journal of Military Social Work and Behavioral Health Sciences, 12(2), 178-187. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2024.2368168

6.     Chalker, S. A., Serafez, J., Imai, Y., Stinchcomb, J., Mendez, E., Depp, C. A., Twamley, E. W., Fortuna, K. L., Goodman, G., & Chinman, M. (2024). SUicide Prevention by Peers Offering Recovery Tactics (SUPPORT) for U.S. veterans with serious mental illness: Community engagement approach. Journal of Participatory Medicine, 16:e56204. https://doi.org/10.2196/56204

7.     Chalker, S. A., Sicotte, R., Bornheimer, L. A., Parrish, E. M., Wastler, H., Ehret, B. C., DeVylder, J., Depp, C. A. (2024). A call to action: Informing research and practice in suicide prevention among individuals with psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1378600

8.     Parrish, E. M., Steenkamp, L., Chalker, S. A., Moore, R. C., Pinkham, A., & Depp, C. A. (2024). Systematic review of the link between social cognition and suicidal ideation and behavior in people with serious mental illness. Schizophrenia Bulletin Open. https://doi.org/10.1093/schizbullopen/sgae007

9.     Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., Chang, C. J., Ehret, B. C., & Treichler, E. B. H. (2024). Preferences of U.S. veterans making and receiving caring cards: A peer approach to suicide prevention. Practice Innovations, 9(1), 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000230

10.  Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., & Ehret, B. C. (2024). Functional impairment, internalized stigma, and well-being: Considerations for recovery-oriented suicide prevention for U.S. veterans with serious mental illness. Practice Innovations, 9(1), 65-76. https://doi.org/10.1037/pri0000213

11.  Parrish, E. M., Quynh, A., Scott, V., Chalker, S. A., Chang, C., Kamarsu, S., Twamley, E. W., & Depp, C. A. (2023). Suicide safety plan self-knowledge in serious mental illness: Psychiatric symptom correlates and effects of brief intervention. Community Mental Health Journal, 59(8), 1639-1646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01155-5

12.  Ehret, B. C., Titone, M. K., Carey, C. J., Martinez, A., Chalker, S. A., Granholm, E. L., & Depp, C. A. (2023). Are all reasons for living made equally? Reasons for living and dysfunctional attitudes in bipolar and psychotic disorders. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(3), 748-761. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12466

13.  Chalker, S. A., Parrish, E. M., Martinez Ceren, C. S., Depp, C. A., Goodman, M., & Doran, N. (2023). Predictive importance of social contacts on U.S. veteran suicide safety plans. Psychiatric Services, 74(3), 244-249. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202100699

14.  Depp, C. A., Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Ehret, B. C., Kamarsu, S., Perivoliotis, D, & Granholm, E. (2023). Pilot feasibility trial of a brief mobile augmented suicide prevention intervention for serious mental illness. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 46(1), 74-82. https://doi.org/10.1037/prj0000547

15.  Steenkamp, L. R., Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Badal, V. D., Taylor, C. T., Pinkham, A. E., Harvey, P. D., & Depp, C. A. (2023). Childhood trauma and real-world social experiences in psychosis. Schizophrenia Research, 252, 279-286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.12.039

16.  Comtois, K. A., Hendricks, K. E., DeCou, C. R., Chalker, S. A., Crumlish, J., Huppert, T., & Jobes, D. A. (2023). Reducing short term suicide risk after hospitalization: A randomized controlled trial of the collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS). Journal of Affective Disorders, 320(1), 656-666. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.042

17.  Chalker, S. A., Martinez Ceren, C. S., Ehret, B. C., & Depp, C. A. (2022). Suicide-focused group therapy: A scoping review. Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, 44(6). https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000892

18.  Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Cano, M., Harvey, P. D., Pinkham, A., Moore, R. C., Ackerman, R. A., & Depp, C. A. (2022). Ecological momentary assessment of social approach and avoidance motivations in serious mental illness: Connections to suicidal ideation and symptoms. Archives of Suicide Research, 28(1), 123-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2137445

19.  Lieberman, A., Gai, A. R., Rogers, M. L., Jobes, D. A., Rudd, M. D., Chalker, S. A., Brenner, J., & Joiner, T. E. (2022). Targeting perceived burdensomeness to reduce suicide risk. Behavior Therapy, 54(4), 696 707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2022.12.002

20.  Chalker, S. A., Parrish, E. M., Martinez Ceren, C. S., Depp, C. A., Ilgen, M. A., Goodman, M., Twamley, E. W., & Doran, N. (2022). Crisis service utilization following completion of a suicide safety plan for U.S. veterans with and without affective and nonaffective psychosis. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 5(154), 219-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.07.034

21.  Fortuna, K. L., Hill, J., Chalker, S. A., & Ferron, J. C. (2022). Certified peer support specialists training in technology and delivery of digital peer support services: A cross-sectional study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(12), e40065. https://doi.org/10.2196/40065

22.  Ehret, B. C., Chalker, S. A., Pozun, C. T., & Martinez Ceren, C. S. (2022). A peer approach to suicide prevention and recovery: Study protocol for a feasibility and acceptability trial of caring cards for veterans. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 29, 100974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conctc.2022.100974

23.  Chalker, S. A., Gallop, R., Jobes, D. A., Au, J. S., & Pistorello, J. (2022). Treatment fidelity of a randomized controlled trial for suicidal risk. Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy, 52, 99-107. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10879-021-09528-1

24.  Khalifian, C. E., Chalker, S. A., Leifker, F. R., Rashkovsky, K., Knopp, K., Morland, L. A., Glynn, S., & Depp, C. A. (2022). Veteran and partner interest in addressing suicidality from a couples-based treatment approach. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 11(1), 74-81. https://doi.org/10.1037/cfp0000195

25.  Chalker, S. A., Khalifian, C., Milano, R., & Dende, J., & Jobes, D. A. (2022). The influence of romantic relationships in assessment of suicide risk in U.S. Army Soldiers. Military Psychology, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2022.2028532

26.  Parrish, E. M., Chalker, S. A., Cano, M., Moore, R. C., Joiner, T. E., & Depp, C. A. (2021). Ecological momentary assessment of interpersonal theory of suicide constructs in people experiencing psychotic symptoms. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 140, 496-503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.06.022

27.  Chalker, S. A., Parish, E. M., Cano, M. J., Kelsven, S., Granholm, E., Pinkham, A., Harvey, P. D., & Depp, C. A. (2021). Childhood trauma associations with interpersonal suicide risk factors and social cognitive biases in psychotic disorders. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 210(6), 432-438. https://doi.org/10.1097/nmd.0000000000001462

28.  Ehret, B. C., Treichler, E., Ehret, P. J., Chalker, S. A., Depp, C. A., & Perivoliotis, D. G. (2021). Designed and created for a veteran by a veteran: A pilot study of caring cards for suicide prevention. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(5), 872-881. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12762

29.  Depp, C. A., Kamarsu, S., Filip, T. F., Parrish, E. M., Harvey, P. D., Granholm, E., Chalker, S. A., Moore, R., & Pinkham, A. (2021). Ecological momentary facial emotion recognition in psychotic disorders. Psychological Medicine, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720004419

30.  Walker, M., Chalker, S. A., Ingram, T., & Jobes, D. A. (2020). The relationship between referral source to behavioral health treatment and suicidal ideation severity among suicidal soldiers. Military Behavioral Health, 9(2), 170-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2020.1830208

31.  Kessler, R. C., Chalker, S. A., Luedtke, A. R., Sadikova, E., & Jobes, D. A. (2019). A preliminary precision treatment rule for remission of suicide ideation. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, 50(2), 558-572. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12609

32.  Jobes, D. A., & Chalker, S. A. (2019). One size does not fit all: A comprehensive approach to reducing suicidal ideation, attempts, and deaths. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 3606. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193606

33.  Hamedi, A., Colborn, V. A., Bell, M., Chalker, S. A., & Jobes, D. A. (2019). Attentional bias and the suicide status form: Behavioral preservation of written responses. Behaviour and Research Therapy, 120, 103403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.04.011

34.  Dimeff, L., Jobes, D. A., Chalker, S. A., Piehl, B., Duvivier, L., & Koerner, K. (2018). A novel engagement of suicidality in the emergency department: Virtual collaborative assessment and management of suicidality. General Hospital Psychiatry, 63, 119-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2018.05.005

35.  Huh, D., Jobes, D. A., Comtois, K. A., Kerbrat, A. K., Chalker, S. A., Gutierrez, P. M., & Jennings, K. W. (2018). The collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS) versus enhanced care as usual for suicidal soldiers: Moderator analyses from a randomized controlled trial. Military Psychology, 30(6), 495-506. https://doi.org/10.1080/08995605.2018.1503001

36.  Carmel, A., Torres, N. I., Chalker, S. A., & Comtois, K. A. (2018). Interpersonal barriers to recovery from borderline personality disorder: A qualitative analysis of patient perspectives. Personality and Mental Health, 12, 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1397

37.  Jobes, D. A., Comtois, K. A., Gutierrez, P. M., Brenner, L., Huh, D., Chalker, S. A., Ruhe, G., Kerbrat, A. H., Atkins, D. C., Jennings, K., Crumlish, J., Corona, C. D., O’Connor, S., Hendricks, K. E., Schembari, B., Singer, B., & Crow, B. (2017). A randomized controlled trial of the collaborative assessment and management of suicidality (CAMS) versus enhanced care as usual for suicidal soldiers. Psychiatry, 80, 339-356. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332747.2017.1354607

38.  Chalker, S. A., & Comtois, K. A. (2017). Personal technology use and thwarted belongingness among suicidal active duty military personnel. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviors, 48(6), 732-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12393

39.  Comtois, K. A., Chalker, S. A., & Kerbrat, A. H. (2016). Pre- versus post-enlistment timing of first suicide attempt as a predictor of suicide risk factors in an active duty military population with suicidal thoughts. Military Behavioral Health, 4, 193-204. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2015.1133344

40.  Landes, S. J., Chalker, S. A., & Comtois, K. A. (2016). Predicting dropout in outpatient dialectical behavior therapy with patients with borderline personality disorder receiving psychiatric disability. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 3:9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40479-016-0043-3

41.  Chalker, S. A., Carmel, A., Atkins, D. C., Landes, S. J., Kerbrat, A. H., & Comtois, K. A. (2015). Examining the challenging behaviors of patients with borderline personality disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 75, 11-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2015.10.003

42.  Luxton, D. D., June, J. D., & Chalker, S. A. (2015). Mobile health technologies for suicide prevention: A review and recommendations for use in clinical settings. Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry, 2:349. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40501-015-0057-2

43.  Kerbrat, A. H., Comtois, K. A., Stiles, B. J., Chalker, S. A., Huh, D., & Luxton, D. D. (2015). Gender differences in acquired capability among active duty service members at high risk for suicide. Military Behavioral Health, 3, 306-315. https://doi.org/10.1080/21635781.2015.1093982

44.  Chalker, S. A., Comtois, K. A., & Kerbrat, A. H. (2015). Impulsivity and suicidal behavior: How you define it matters. International Journal of Cognitive Therapy, 8, 172-192. https://doi.org/10.1521/ijct.2015.8.2.172

45.  Carmel, A., Villatte, J. L., Rosenthal, M. Z., Chalker, S. A., & Comtois, K. A. (2014). Applying technological approaches to clinical supervision in dialectical behavior therapy: A randomized feasibility trial of the bug-in-the-eye (BITE) model. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 23, 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpra.2015.08.001