Congratulations to Dr. Kim Gratz for being recognized with the Alice H. Skeens Outstanding University Woman Award from the The University of Toledo Women's Commission. Congratulations Kim!

Congratulations to PERT Lab at UT members Adam Mann and Andrew Kurtz!

New paper led by Adam Mann!: Self-disgust and shame tolerance was linked to suicide risk in sexual minority pts. There was a negative link between shame tolerance & suicide risk in sexual minority pts with high self-disgust. Free full text: doi.org/10.1002/jclp.2…

Congratulations to PERT Lab at UT directors Drs. Matthew Tull and Kim Gratz! Each received the 2022 The University of Toledo President's Award for Excellence in Creative and Scholarly Activity.

🚨🌟For those of you interested in the upcoming Suicide Research Symposium (#SRS22), I'm thrilled to share that registration is open to the general public now. Visit our website for instructions; we look forward to the conference in just a couple weeks! suicideresearchsymposium.com

Congratulations to PERT Lab at UT pets Sadie and Lily! They were chosen to be on the cover of the Ohio American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP Ohio) calendar! Thank you to every one that voted!

New 2-wk daily diary publication led by Dr. Chris Berghoff on the context of daily stressors in those with and without past yr NSSI. The NSSI group had greater negative emotion after a stressor, which was lessened by a positive interpersonal experience. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jc…

Grad student Zach Demoss will present at the Suicide Research Symposium #SRS22 tomorrow, 6/16, @ 1:30pm! Existing fearlessness about death (FAD) measures are limited; there is initial support for the use of an FAD implicit measure to understand suicide risk. Stop by & say hello!

CONGRATULATIONS to lab alumna Dr. Courtney Forbes on completing internship at Emory School of Medicine! Courtney will soon be starting as a postdoc with Dr. Michelle Craske (Anxiety and Depression Research Center at UCLA). We are incredibly proud of this wonderful accomplishment! Dr. Forbes on RG: researchgate.net/profile/Courtn…

Free #DBT skills learning opportunity! Interested in learning distress tolerance and coping skills?? Click here to find out more: tinyurl.com/bdfjzczm

New publication in press from the lab with Dr. Megan Ames ! 📚 Read about this work here: doi.org/10.1016/j.beth… Have questions? Email us anytime at [email protected]

Very excited to announce that @LabPERT member Adam Mann was selected to attend the MSRC Research Training Day at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies this November. Adam will be using this opportunity to further develop his program of research on NSSI by proxy and suicide risk. Congratulations Adam!

From lab alumna Dr. Courtney Forbes (with colleagues)!