Suicide risk can be intercepted in the emergency department
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 18:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Universal suicide risk screening in emergency departments nearly doubled the number of patients who were positively identified as thinking about or having attempted suicide. In a new study, suicide risk screenings among 236,791 ED visits over five years rose from 26 to 84 percent, increasing detection of suicide risk from 2.9 to 5.7 percent.