Suicide risk screening in pediatric hospitals: Clinical pathways to address a global health crisis

Youth suicide is on the rise worldwide. Most suicide decedents received healthcare services in the year prior to killing themselves. Standardized workflows for suicide risk screening in pediatric hospitals using validated tools can help with timely and appropriate intervention, while attending to The Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert 56. Here we describe the first attempt to generate clinical pathways (CPs) for patients presenting to pediatric emergency departments (EDs) and inpatient medical settings.

Source: Psychosomatics - September 21, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Khyati Brahmbhatt, Brian P. Kurtz, Khalid I. Afzal, Lisa L. Giles, Elizabeth D. Kowal, Kyle P. Johnson, Elizabeth Lanzillo, Maryland Pao, Sigita Plioplys, Lisa M. Horowitz, PaCC Workgroup Tags: Perspective Source Type: research