Reducing Suicide Risk: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emergency Department.

Authors

• Marian E Betz
• Matthew Wintersteen
• Edwin D Boudreaux
• Gregory Brown
• Lisa Capoccia
• Glenn Currier
• Julie Goldstein
• Cheryl King
• Anne Manton
• Barbara Stanley
• Christine Moutier
• Jill Harkavy-Friedman

Publication/Presentation Date

12-1-2016

Abstract

Emergency departments (ED) are prime locations for identifying individuals at high risk of suicide and for making life-saving interventions. In an ideal scenario, all ED patients at risk of suicide could be identified and connected with effective, feasible interventions, and this would occur in a supportive system not overburdened by screening or assessment requirements. In this review, we focus on challenges to achieving this ideal--along with potential solutions--at the level of patients, providers, the ED environment, and the larger health care system.

Volume

68

Issue

6

First Page

758

Last Page

765

ISSN

1097-6760

Published In/Presented At

Betz, M. E., Wintersteen, M., Boudreaux, E. D., Brown, G., Capoccia, L., Currier, G., Goldstein, J., King, C., Manton, A., Stanley, B., Moutier, C., & Harkavy-Friedman, J. (2016). Reducing Suicide Risk: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emergency Department. Annals of emergency medicine, 68(6), 758–765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.05.030

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

27451339

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article