Yale and OSU Collab To Bring Suicide Specific Care To More People

Voices For Suicide Prevention · Jun 10, 2026 · 29m · transcript

A phone app that helps cut suicide attempts by more than half sounds like science fiction until you hear the data and the design choices behind it. We sit down with Dr. Seth Feuerstein (Yale School of Medicine) to talk about OTX202, a clinician-supported suicide prevention app developed in collaboration with Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. It's built to deliver suicide-specific therapy skills after hospitalization and other high-risk periods.

We walk through why proven suicide interventions often fail to reach people who need them most. We also dig into stigma and the “why would…