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Protecting Partial‐Hospitalization Patients From Suicide
Author(s) -
Freed Patricia E.,
Rudolph Sharon
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
perspectives in psychiatric care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6163
pISSN - 0031-5990
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6163.1998.tb01222.x
Subject(s) - partial hospitalization , medical emergency , medicine , suicide prevention , suicide attempt , poison control , psychology , psychiatry , mental health
TOPIC . Assessing suicide potential and intervening to prevent suicide in partial‐hospitalization patients. PURPOSE . To provide information for assessing and intervening with outpatients who express suicidal thoughts and to propose a decision tree. SOURCE . Literature review, clinical experience. CONCLUSIONS . Careful assessment and sound management are required to provide treatment in outpatient settings while maintaining patient safety. A decision tree can help the clinician make sound decisions.