Therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient: Augmenting clinical suicide risk assessment with structured instruments

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 406-409

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

^a (VA) Suicide Risk Management Consultation Program   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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

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

Author keywords

Assessment tools; Forensic psychiatry; Risk management; Selfdirected violence; Suicide risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; BECK SCALE FOR SUICIDAL IDEATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL RECORD; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; THINKING; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84884994037     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000435039.68179.70     Document Type: Article

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