Kristen Mizzi Angelone

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Kristen Mizzi Angelone
Kristen Mizzi Angelone
Project Director
Suicide Risk Reduction
The Pew Charitable Trusts

PROFILE

Kristen Mizzi Angelone directs Pew’s suicide risk reduction project, where she leads efforts to help hospitals and health systems expand their suicide prevention interventions and make evidence-based suicide care a part of routine health care in the United States.

Mizzi Angelone has worked for more than a decade on state and federal policy and child health advocacy, including staff positions in the U.S. House of Representatives and with the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Mizzi Angelone holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Notre Dame.

OUR WORK

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September 30, 2024

Suicide Risk Increasing and Many High-Risk People Don’t Receive Mental Health Care

A new study shows that from 2015 to 2019, the United States saw increases in the overall rate of suicide attempts and the rate of people experiencing suicidal thoughts, with sharper increases among...

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September 23, 2024

Suicide Care Initiative Helps Health Systems Boost Prevention Efforts

About half of people who die by suicide in the United States each year had a health care visit in the month preceding their deaths, which means there are opportunities for hospitals and health systems to...

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June 28, 2024

New National Strategy for Suicide Prevention Reflects Today's Challenges

In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released its 2024 National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. The comprehensive plan comes as suicide deaths among Americans have reached a record...

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May 22, 2024

3 Opportunities to Improve Access to Mental Health Care

In the United States today, the weight of mental health challenges looms large. During the Activate 2023 conference last fall hosted by Mindful Philanthropy, a nonprofit organization dedicated to...

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May 6, 2024

Pediatric Health Care Teams Can Help Prevent Youth Suicide

Suicide is the second-leading cause of death for young people ages 10 to 24. In 2021, the suicide rate for ages 20 to 24 was 19.4 deaths per 100,000, and the rate for 10- to 14-year-olds was 2.9 deaths...

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April 22, 2024

Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers

New federal data shows that the suicide rate among Black youth ages 10 to 19 surpassed that of their White peers for the first time in 2022, increasing 54% since 2018, compared to a 17% decrease for White...