Feasibility of screening patients with nonpsychiatric complaints for suicide risk in a pediatric emergency department: A good time to talk?

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 787-792

  Horowitz, Lisa ^a   Ballard, Elizabeth ^a,b   Teach, Stephen J ^c   Bosk, Abigail ^a   Rosenstein, Donald L ^d   Joshi, Paramjit ^e   Dalton, Marc E ^f   Pao, Maryland ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Psychiatric Institute of Washington DC   (United States)

Author keywords

feasibility; nonpsychiatric patients; screening; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650246688     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181fa8568     Document Type: Article

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