Therapeutic risk management of the suicidal patient: Stratifying risk in terms of severity and temporality

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-67

  Wortzel, Hal S ^a   Homaifar, Beeta ^b   Matarazzo, Bridget ^c   Brenner, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Licensed Clinical Psychologist   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

forensic psychiatry; risk assessment; risk management; self directed violence; suicide

Indexed keywords

HUMANS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE;

EID: 84893512277     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000442940.46328.63     Document Type: Article

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