Identification of At-Risk Youth by Suicide Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department

Prevention Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 174-182

  Ballard, Elizabeth D ^a   Cwik, Mary ^b,c   Van Eck, Kathryn ^b,c   Goldstein, Mitchell ^b   Alfes, Clarissa ^b   Wilson, Mary Ellen ^d   Virden, Jane M ^d   Horowitz, Lisa M ^a   Wilcox, Holly C ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Pediatrics; Screening; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988700988     PISSN: 13894986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11121-016-0717-5     Document Type: Article

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