Reducing Suicide Risk Among Aging Caregivers of Persons With AD/ADRD

Inclusion Criteria: * being age 50 and over (as most informal caregivers of persons with AD/ADRD are 50 or older; AARP, 2020; Chi et al., 2019) * being the primary informal caregiver * living with an AD/ADRD-diagnosed patient * being willing to be prodded for bloodspots * demonstrating English-fluency * endorsing a direct or indirect SI/suicide risk * Eligible individuals will score above clinical cutoffs for SI/suicide risk on at least 1 of 3 measures: the Suicide Behavior Questionnaire-R (SBQ-R; score \> 6; Osman et al., 2002), Interpersonal Needs Question-naire (INQ; thwarted belonging score \> 35; and perceived burden \> 17; Mitchell et al., 2020) or the Geriatric De-pression Scale (GDS; score \> 5 Heisel et al., 2005). Exclusion Criteria: • Participants with neurocognitive impairment will be excluded (a Mini-Mental State Exam score ≤ 23; Folstein et al., 1975; Kochhann et al., 2010)