A model for therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 323-326

  Wortzel, Hal S ^a,b   Matarazzo, Bridget ^b,c   Homaifar, Beeta ^b,c  

^a Department of Neurocognitive Disease ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c VISN 19 MIRECC Suicide Consultation Service   (United States)

Author keywords

forensic psychiatry; risk assessment; risk management; self directed violence; suicide

Indexed keywords

ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIOLENCE;

COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84880848151     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000432603.99211.e8     Document Type: Article

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