Philippe Courtet, MD, PhD
IGF, University of Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France; Department of Emergency Psychiatry and Acute Care, Lapeyronie Hospital, CHU Montpellier, Montpellier, France
JCP Section Editor Profile
Dr Courtet serves as the Section Editor for JCP’s Focus on Suicide section. The objective of this collection is to promote scientific research into the causes and prevention of suicide and identification of risk and protective factors related to suicidal behavior.
We encourage authors to review the scope of this section and submit papers for consideration.
Articles by Dr Courtet
Original Research
Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Its Association with Suicidal Ideation and Negative Affect
April 8, 2026
Desire to self-harm was associated with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) episodes. Further, NSSI was related to higher negative affect and negative interpersonal experience, which decreased across follow-up.
Original Research
Bright Light Therapy in the Morning or Midday for Nonseasonal Depression in Bipolar Disorder
June 23, 2025
Bright light therapy is well tolerated in bipolar disorder, starting at 45 minutes/day, with only 6% of patients experiencing a hypomanic switch and 13% experiencing subsyndromic symptoms, which resolved...
Letter to the Editor
Daridorexant: Caution Is Needed About Suicidal Risk in Depressed Patients With Insomnia—Reply to Palagini et al
July 3, 2023
Bénédicte Nobile, PharmD, PhD, and Philippe Courtet, MD, PhD, continue the discussion of potentially increased suicidal risk with daridorexant, a new hypnotic.
Original Research
Six-Month Follow-Up of Patients at Risk of Suicide Using Smartphone Data and Clinical Assessment
December 14, 2022
Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is increasingly used to detect suicidal ideation in real time. This study combined EMA with traditional clinical follow-up to explore correlates of suicidal relapse in...
