research
Peer-reviewed articles
All the peer reviewed articles I've published, without a paywall.
// peterphalen.github.io
This is an archive that gathers the broad range of my work, from clinical research to data arts. Software, research, translations, essays, maps, and collaborations.
A more conventional record of my clinical and academic work lives at the publications page and in my CV.
Selected Work
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talk
DBT for suicide and psychosis
Invited talk for the Ohio EPICENTER Speaker Series about work I've done on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for people with psychosis.
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Modeling Baltimore Ceasefire
Evaluation of Baltimore Ceasefire 365, a locally organized, non-governmental coalition against murder. Now published in the American Journal of Public Health. See the final analysis markdown here.
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The fentanyl crisis
Bayesian multilevel modeling of overdose mortality trends in Indianapolis, later published in Addictive Behaviors.
android app
Metadata
Built the Android framework for Josh Begley's Metadata app, which sends you a notification when U.S. drone strikes are reported. Both Apple and Google removed these. You can see an archive of the Google Play page here.
chrome extension
Humanize
Replaces some words that are predictably used to dehumanize people with different words that are more humanizing.
android app
Archives + Absences
Android version of the app. Notifies you whenever police kill someone in the United States.
dataviz
Mapping police killings
Unarmed and armed. Grandparents and children. Black and white. How did they die? What were their names?
software
Clinical+genetic risk assessment
This app has been used in combination with biomarker data to predict suicidality among people with mental health diagnoses. The project attracted some press.
essay
Global mental health
European-style mental healthcare has had to adapt to West Africa, where traditional healers typically get more respect than psychiatrists.
essay
Psychiatric restraints
In hospitals across the USA, emotionally distressed patients are regularly cuffed and strapped to chairs, sometimes for hours. In Guinea this doesn't really happen. What can we learn?
translation
Translation
Two French translations published into the public domain for Project Gutenberg. They're available for free and accessible on e-readers.
Selected recent publications
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in press
in press
2025
Building a Two-State Learning Healthcare System for Persons with First Episode Psychosis. in Schizophrenia Research.
2025
Reasons for Discharge in a National Network of Early Psychosis Intervention Programs. in Schizophrenia Bulletin.
2024
2024
Emotional distress and dysregulation as treatment targets to reduce suicide in psychosis: a scoping review. in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience.
2023
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