Do patients and clinicians differ in their assessment of suicidal intent after self-harm using the same suicide questionnaire scale?

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 236-239

  Hatcher, Simon ^a,b   Pimentel, Adrianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Interview; Psychiatric emergency services; Psychological; Risk assessment; Self assessment; Suicidal ideation; Suicide, Attempted

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

INTERVIEW; PSYCHIATRIC EMERGENCY SERVICES; PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84887163990     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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