Reducing Suicide Risk: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emergency Department

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 758-765

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Wintersteen, Matthew ^b   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^c   Brown, Gregory ^d   Capoccia, Lisa ^e,g   Currier, Glenn ^f   Goldstein, Julie ^g   King, Cheryl ^h   Manton, Anne ⁱ   Stanley, Barbara ^j   Moutier, Christine ^k   Harkavy Friedman, Jill ^k  

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

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e and Suicide   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

ⁱ CAPE COD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k American Foundation for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MASS SCREENING; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84979498141     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: 10976760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.05.030     Document Type: Review

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