Protecting partial-hospitalization patients from suicide

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 14-23

  Freed, Patricia E ^a   Rudolph, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Christian Hospital Northwest   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced practice psychiatric nursing; Clinical management; Decision making; Documentation; Outpatient psychotherapy; Suicide prevention; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE;

ALGORITHMS; AMBULATORY CARE; DECISION TREES; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; RISK FACTORS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032056139     PISSN: 00315990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1998.tb01222.x     Document Type: Article

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