Megan Chesin Ph.D.

About

Megan Chesin, Ph.D., is a professor at William Paterson University in New Jersey, where she has served as the Program Director and Director of Clinical Training for the PsyD program. She concurrently holds an appointment at the Veterans Affairs New Jersey Healthcare System, where she has provided research expertise and clinical training on suicide prevention for 10 years. Chesin holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a Forensic speciality from City University of New York. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in clinical research at Columbia University Medical Center.

Chesin has published 50 journal articles on topics including suicide prevention, suicide risk, mindfulness-based intervention, veteran and military personnel mental health, and social media, opioid use and mental health. She has served as the keynote speaker at multiple state suicide prevention conferences and appeared as a panelist on mindfulness and mental health for the VA Office of Rural Health and the Interagency Veterans Advisory Council. She received the 2016 Young Investigator Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), is a consulting editor to Archives of Suicide Research, and a Scientific Advisor to AFSP. Chesin also serves as an expert witness, consultant, speaker, trainer, and media resource on suicide prevention.

Recent Posts

Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Suicidal Behavior

Forty to 50 percent of U.S. adults report intimate partner violence (IPV). Suicide risk for victims is high. What accounts for the relationship between suicidal behavior and IPV?

Social Media and Adolescent Suicide

A significant minority of U.S. adolescents report being on social media constantly. In light of this reality, we discuss how to reduce harm and protect them from suicidal behavior.

Opioid Use and Suicide Death

In the U.S., the current suicide and opioid crises account for more than 116,000 deaths annually. Targeting the nexus of these problems may reduce suicide among opioid users.

Preventing Suicide Using a Mindfulness-Based Intervention

In addition to a group, mindfulness-based intervention with treatment-as-usual reduced the number of suicide events among high suicide-risk patients over 12 months.