Comparison of the safety planning intervention with follow-up vs usual care of suicidal patients treated in the emergency department

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2018, Pages 894-900

  Stanley, Barbara ^a,b   Brown, Gregory K ^c   Brenner, Lisa A ^d,e   Galfalvy, Hanga C ^a,b   Currier, Glenn W ^f   Knox, Kerry L ^d,g   Chaudhury, Sadia R ^a,b   Bush, Ashley L ^c   Green, Kelly L ^c  

^a Columbia University College of Phys and Surg ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; SAFETY PLANNING INTERVENTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; INTERVIEW; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AMBULATORY CARE; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 85053068200     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.1776     Document Type: Article

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