Caring letters for suicide prevention: Implementation of a multi-site randomized clinical trial in the U.S. military and veteran affairs healthcare systems

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 252-260

  Luxton, David D ^a,b   Thomas, Elissa K ^a   Chipps, Joan ^c   Relova, Rona M ^d   Brown, Daphne ^e   McLay, Robert ^f   Lee, Tina T ^d   Nakama, Helenna ^g   Smolenski, Derek J ^a  

^a National Center for Telehealth and oTechnology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^f Navy Medical Center San Diego   (United States)

^g TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

After care; Contact; Inpatient psychiatry; Military veterans; Post hospitalization; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARE AND CARING; CARING LETTER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMPATHY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMPATHY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 84893486887     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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