Trust is the basis for effective suicide risk screening and assessment in veterans

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1215-1221

  Ganzini, Linda ^a,b   Denneson, Lauren M ^a,b   Press, Nancy ^c   Bair, Matthew J ^d   Helmer, Drew A ^e,f   Poat, Jennifer ^c   Dobscha, Steven K ^a,b  

^a PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; post traumatic stress disorder; qualitative methods; screening; suicide; veterans

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; DEPRESSION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; THINKING; TRUST; VETERAN; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TRUST; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84883202079     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-013-2412-6     Document Type: Article

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