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Suicide Risk Screening Tools and the Youth Population
Author(s) -
Patterson Sharon
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/jcap.12148
Subject(s) - risk assessment , suicide prevention , population , medicine , poison control , occupational safety and health , health care , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , medical emergency , psychiatry , psychology , environmental health , computer security , computer science , pathology , economics , economic growth
TOPIC The use of suicide risk screening tools is a critical component of a comprehensive approach to suicide risk assessment. Since nurses frequently spend more time with patients than any other healthcare professional, they are in key positions to detect and prevent suicidal behavior in youth. PURPOSE To inform nurses about suicide risk screening tools for the youth population. Suicide risk screening tools are research‐based standardized instruments that are used to identify people who may be at risk for suicide. SOURCES USED A literature search was performed using the Athabasca University Library Resource, the databases of the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, ScienceDirect, and Google Scholar. CONCLUSIONS Nurses are cautioned to utilize suicide risk screening tools as only part of the suicide risk assessment in youth populations and avoid the danger of relying on tools that may result in a blind application of evidence to the detriment of clinical experience and judgement.