Suicide risk assessment and prevention: A systematic review focusing on veterans

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 1003-1015

  Nelson, Heidi D ^a   Denneson, Lauren M ^a,b   Low, Allison R ^c   Bauer, Brian W ^c   O'Neil, Maya ^a,b   Kansagara, Devan ^a,b   Teo, Alan R ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY WARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERTIARY PREVENTION; VETERAN; VETERANS HEALTH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 85030645187     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201600384     Document Type: Review

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