Staff Views of an Emergency Department Intervention Using Safety Planning and Structured Follow-Up with Suicidal Veterans

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 127-137

  Chesin, Megan S ^a,b   Stanley, Barbara ^b,c   Haigh, Emily A P ^d   Chaudhury, Sadia R ^a,c   Pontoski, Kristin ^e   Knox, Kerry L ^f,g   Brown, Gregory K ^e,g  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d University of Maine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

emergency department; safety planning; staff; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AFTERCARE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 84965079963     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2016.1164642     Document Type: Article

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