Identification, Assessment, and Management of Suicide Risk in Emergency Departments: Significant Updates in Research and Practice

摘要: It is estimated that emergency departments (EDs) could prevent 5% of all suicide attempts and 8% deaths, making EDs a critical setting in which to identify individuals at risk for intervene mitigate the risk. The goal this review was detail recent advances identification, assessment, management medicine provide best practice recommendations these processes. Advances caring patients who present with include improved workflows tools ED providers identify, assess, manage risk, increased patient-centeredness quality care suicide, shifting beliefs regarding feasibility integrating assessment into care. prevention efforts have notably changed years. Strategies universal screening, secondary screening tools, evidence-based show potential feasibly addressing EDs. Effective implementation practices necessary as new requires significant change clinical culture many