Addressing suicidality in primary care settings

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 353-359

  Bostwick, J Michael ^a   Rackley, Sandra ^b,c  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Depression; Family practice; Geriatrics; Medical education; Military personnel and veterans; Pediatrics; Prevention; Primary care; Screening; Suicidality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 84865620587     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0286-7     Document Type: Article

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