Engagement and retention of suicide attempters in clinical research: Challenges and solutions

Crisis

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 62-68

  Gibbons, Carly J ^a   Stirman, Shannon Wiltsey ^b   Brown, Gregory K ^c   Beck, Aaron T ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attrition; Cognitive therapy; Retention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PATIENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CASE MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77957066883     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000018     Document Type: Article

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