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Behavioral Risk Assessment of the Guarded Suicidal Patient
Author(s) -
Simon Robert I.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2008.38.5.517
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , medical emergency , human factors and ergonomics , risk assessment , emergency rooms , emergency department , mental health , psychiatry , suicide risk , computer security , pathology , computer science
Psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are trained to assess patients by direct observation and examination. Short inpatient length of stay, brief outpatient visits, emergency room evaluations, and other time‐limited clinical settings require rapid assessment of suicide risk. Recognition of behavioral suicide risk factors can assist in the early identification of the guarded suicidal patient, thus avoiding total reliance on the patient's reporting.