Association of positive responses to suicide screening questions with hospital admission and repeated emergency department visits in children and adolescents

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1070-1074

  Ballard, Elizabeth D ^a   Horowitz, Lisa M ^b   Jobes, David A ^c   Wagner, Barry M ^c   Pao, Maryland ^b   Teach, Stephen J ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Psychiatric emergency; Screening; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK OF SUICIDE QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SUICIDE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84885315746     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182a5cba6     Document Type: Article

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