Ask suicide-screening questions (ASQ): A brief instrument for the pediatric emergency department

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1170-1176

  Horowitz, Lisa M ^a   Bridge, Jeffrey A ^b   Teach, Stephen J ^d   Ballard, Elizabeth ^e   Klima, Jennifer ^c   Rosenstein, Donald L ^g   Wharff, Elizabeth A ^h   Ginnis, Katherine ^h   Cannon, Elizabeth ^c   Joshi, Paramjit ^f   Pao, Maryland ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^f GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASK SUICIDE SCREENING QUESTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MENTAL PATIENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870654266     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1276     Document Type: Article

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