The sad truth about the SADPERSONS Scale: An evaluation of its clinical utility in self-harm patients

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 796-798

  Saunders, Kate ^a   Brand, Fiona ^b   Lascelles, Karen ^b   Hawton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SADPERSONS SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84907167369     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202781     Document Type: Article

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