Computer administered safety planning for individuals at risk for suicide: Development and usability testing

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Boudreaux, Edwin D ^a   Brown, Gregory K ^b   Stanley, Barbara ^c   Sadasivam, Rajani S ^a   Camargo, Carlos A ^d   Miller, Ivan W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Health planning; Safety; Suicide; Technology; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; SUICIDE; TELEMEDICINE; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 85019938854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.6816     Document Type: Article

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