Examination of the effectiveness of the mental health environment of care checklist in reducing suicide on inpatient mental health units

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 588-592

  Watts, Bradley V ^a,b,c   Young Xu, Yinong ^a,b,c   Mills, Peter D ^a,b,c   DeRosier, Joseph M ^a,b   Kemp, Jan ^d   Shiner, Brian ^c,e   Duncan, William E ^f  

^a VA National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

^b VA National Center for Patient Safety   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VA Office of Mental Health Services   (United States)

^e Veterans Engineering Resource Center   (United States)

^f VA Office of Quality and Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENT OF CARE CHECKLIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; CHECKLIST; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 84862017231     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1514     Document Type: Article

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