What drives risk?
Understanding how emotions, problem solving, and stressful experiences shape self-harm and suicide risk.
Understand the processesScience for lives
worth living.
Self-Harm Intervention and Prevention Lab
Understanding self-harm. Advancing prevention. Supporting young people and the people who care for them.
Different paths. A shared purpose.
For researchers
Explore the scienceFor individuals & families
Find resources and supportThe questions that move us forward.
Who is most vulnerable?
Looking at the relationships, environments, and experiences that make a difference in young people’s lives.
See the whole personHow can we help?
Connecting evidence with practical approaches to assessment, intervention, and prevention.
Explore paths to preventionFrom questions to evidence.
All publications2026 · Article
Implicit identification with death and adolescent self-injurious thoughts and behaviors: Sleep quality as a moderator
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
2025 · Article
Psychometric properties of the Modified Scale for Suicidal Ideation Self-Report-Revised with high-risk adolescents
Behavior Therapy
2024 · Article
Prospective relations between life stress, emotional clarity, and suicidal ideation in an adolescent clinical sample
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
Research grounded in people.
Led by Robert López Jr., PhD, SHIP Lab at Texas State University studies the experiences behind self-harm and the possibilities for prevention.
Our purpose is to bring careful science closer to the lives of young people, families, and communities.
Meet our directorFind your next step.
Whether you’re seeking support or curious about the science, there’s a place to begin.