Prevalence of suicidality in asymptomatic adolescents in the paediatric emergency department and utility of a screening tool

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 540-546

  Hopper, Sandy M ^a,b   Woo, Jia Wei ^c,d   Sharwood, Lisa N ^b   Babl, Franz E ^a,c   Long, Elliot J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d EASTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Emergency medicine; Screening tool; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK OF SUICIDE QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE IDEATION QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VICTORIA;

EID: 84867335049     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2012.01576.x     Document Type: Article

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