The Patient Safety Screener: Validation of a Brief Suicide Risk Screener for Emergency Department Settings

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 151-160

  Boudreaux, Edwin D ^a   Jaques, Michelle L ^a   Brady, Kaitlyn M ^b   Matson, Adam ^a   Allen, Michael H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency medicine; emergency psychiatry; suicide screening and assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84929676970     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2015.1034604     Document Type: Article

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