Detecting Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of a Brief Screening Tool
Horowitz L, Wang P, Koocher G, Burr B, Smith M, Klavon S, Cleary P. Detecting Suicide Risk in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Development of a Brief Screening Tool. Pediatrics 2001, 107: 1133-1137. PMID: 11331698, DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.5.1133.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNegative predictive valueBrief screening toolScreening toolC-statisticHealth cliniciansPredictive valuePediatric mental health patientsSuicide riskCriterion standard assessmentPediatric emergency departmentCurrent suicidal behaviorMental health patientsEmergency department staffMental health cliniciansQuality improvement initiativesPositive predictive valueCross-sectional surveyMental health concernsClinical characteristicsPediatric EDEmergency departmentPsychiatric reasonsAdolescent patientsHealth patientsTriage nurses