Suicide Risk Assessment in Hospitals: An Expert System-Based Triage Tool.

Journal: The Journal of clinical psychiatry
Published Date: Jul 1, 2016

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The November 2010 Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert on the prevention of suicides in medical/surgical units and the emergency department (ED) mandates screening every patient treated as an outpatient or admitted to the hospital for suicide risk. Our aim was to develop a suicide risk assessment tool to (1) predict the expert psychiatrist's assessment for risk of committing suicide within 72 hours in the hospital, (2) replicate the recommended intervention by the psychiatrist, and (3) demonstrate acceptable levels of participant satisfaction.

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  • Isabelle Desjardins
    111 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401. isabelle.desjardins@uvmhealth.org.
  • William Cats-Baril
    School of Business and dDepartments of Pediatrics and Psychology, University of Vermont, Burlington.
  • Sanchit Maruti
    Departments of Psychiatry and bSurgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington.
  • Kalev Freeman
  • Robert Althoff
    Departments of Psychiatry and bSurgery, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington.

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