Evaluation of veterans' suicide risk with the use of linguistic detection methods

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1051-1056

  Westgate, Christine Leonard ^a   Shiner, Brian ^b   Thompson, Paul ^d   Watts, Bradley V ^c  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Science Service ^*  (United States)

^c National Center for Patient Safety Field Office   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LINGUISTIC DETECTION METHOD; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; VETERANS HEALTH; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GOVERNMENT; LINGUISTICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84943239803     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400283     Document Type: Article

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