Suicide risk assessment in hospitals: An expert system-based triage tool

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2016, Pages e874-e882

  Desjardins, Isabelle ^a   Cats Baril, William ^b   Maruti, Sanchit ^a,c   Freeman, Kalev ^a   Althoff, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDE; SUICIDE RISK ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EXPERT SYSTEM; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84980325879     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.15m09881     Document Type: Article

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