Suicide risk assessment: What is the standard of care?

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 340-344

  Simon, Robert I ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCUMENTATION; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MANAGED CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

GUIDELINES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036937385     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

References (4)

1. Simon RI: Clinical Psychiatry and the Law (ed 2). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, Inc, 1992, p 283
2. The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent Suicide. Washington, DC: U.S. Public Health Service, 1999, pp 8-10
3. Shaffer DA, Pfeffer CR, Bernet W, et al: Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with suicide behavior. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 36 (supplement), 1997
4. Shekelle PG, Oritz E, Rhodes S, et al: Validity of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clinical Practice Guidelines: how quickly do guidelines become outdated? JAMA 286:1461-7, 2001