Entering the Brave New World of Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions for Suicide Prevention.

Just-In-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) for suicide prevention, using mobile health (mHealth) technologies including wearables, are the focus of an article recently written by Coppersmith et al. (2022) in Psychiatry: Interpersonal and Biological Processes. As a clinical psychologist with nearly two decades of professional experience in treating individuals with suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs), training mental health providers in the delivery of evidence-informed and evidencebased suicide-focused care, and conducting research to advance suicide prevention and intervention science, I am eager to write this commentary to share some of my thoughts on the topic. Before doing so, I must commend my colleagues for offering an informative, comprehensive, and captivating seminal manuscript which I am confident will be well-cited and relied upon in the years to come. As we collectively enter the brave new world of JITAIs for suicide prevention and evolve our thinking and practices in the use of technology and its applications, several important considerations must be taken into account. These are highlighted below. “STAY HUNGRY. STAY FOOLISH.”