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@ARTICLE{Krautz:1043715,
author = {Krautz, Agnieszka Ewa and Volkening, Julia and Raue, Janik
and Otte, Christian and Eickhoff, Simon B. and Ahlers, Eike
and Langner, Jörg},
title = {{P}rediction of suicide using web based voice recordings
analyzed by artificial intelligence},
journal = {Scientific reports},
volume = {15},
number = {1},
issn = {2045-2322},
address = {[London]},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
reportid = {FZJ-2025-03001},
pages = {23855},
year = {2025},
abstract = {The integration of machine learning (ML) and deep learning
models in suicide risk assessment has advanced significantly
in recent years. In this study, we utilized ML in a
case-control design, we predicted completed suicides using
publicly available, web-based, real-world voice data, and
treating speech as a biomarker. Our model demonstrated high
accuracy in distinguishing between individuals who died by
suicide and carefully matched controls achieving an area
under the curve (AUC) of 0.74. This improved to an AUC of
0.85 and an accuracy of $76\%$ when analyzing the subset of
individuals who died by suicide within 12 months of the
audio recording. The best predictive performance was
observed with the Multilayer perceptron model, particularly
when using the all Bene, Q + U Bene, and Q + U Raw
feature sets—highlighting the importance of combining
structured and unstructured paralinguistic features. The
findings highlight the critical temporal proximity of voice
biomarkers to suicide risk. The model’s robustness is
further evidenced by its resilience to perturbations in the
analytical pipeline. This is the first study to successfully
predict actual suicidal behavior rather than surrogate
markers, marking a major step forward in suicide prevention.
By demonstrating that speech can serve as a non-invasive and
objective biomarker for suicide risk, this research opens
new avenues for diagnostic and prognostic applications.},
cin = {INM-7},
ddc = {600},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-7-20090406},
pnm = {5254 - Neuroscientific Data Analytics and AI (POF4-525)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5254},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {40615574},
UT = {WOS:001523063600012},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-025-08639-2},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1043715},
}