Hello,    
    
We are a University of Virginia research team currently working on a study looking at thoughts that are related to self-harm, suicide, and death. This study has been approved by the Human Research Protection Program Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the University of Virginia.    
    
We are interested in recruiting people who use this website to participate in our research study. This study will be completed online and takes 15 minutes. Participation is completely voluntary. No monetary compensation will be given, but participants will receive results from the study about their own automatic thoughts about suicide or self-injury (these are thoughts that are unconscious or difficult to control).    
    
A few important things to know about the study:    
    
1. The study includes questions and images regarding self-harm and other unpleasant images. Some people may feel that these images are disturbing and may find them to be triggering.    
2. All information collected will be kept completely confidential.    
3. The link we provide will send people to a website telling them about the study. Once on that site, they can decide whether or not they want to participate. Also, if anyone starts to participate and decides they no longer feel comfortable or they are no longer interested, they can end their participation without any penalty or punishment.    
4. We will provide links to treatment and mental illness resources throughout the study.    
5. This study will include only participants who are 18 years and older.    
    
If you are interested in our study you can follow the link posted below. Please read the consent information carefully, and when you have clicked through, scroll to the bottom of the list of available topics to the Self-Harm IAT. We are specifically advertising for the Self-Harm IAT, but you are free to try the other tasks as well.    
    
[Project Implicit Mental Health](https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/pimh/index.jsp)    
    
If you have any questions or concerns feel free to send us a private message.     
    
Thank you so much for your consideration!
