Predicting suicide with the SAD PERSONS scale

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 809-816

  Katz, Cara ^a   Randall, Jason R ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^a   Chateau, Dan ^a,b   Walld, Randy ^b   Leslie, William D ^a,b   Wang, Jian Li ^c,d   Bolton, James M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency psychiatry; epidemiology; suicide risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAD PERSONS SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018387426     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22632     Document Type: Article

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