New Intervention May Help Identify and Improve Care for Adolescents at Risk for Suicide

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 - 12:02 in Health & Medicine

Investigators at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center are hoping to better identify adolescents at risk for suicide and improve how these at-risk children receive follow up mental health treatment. Thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the two hospitals will conduct a three-year study to test a new intervention targeting adolescents during emergency department visits.

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