Resource Tag: PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS--OUTPATIENT SERVICES
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Safety of patients under the care of crisis resolution home treatment services in England: A retrospective analysis of suicide trends from 2003-2011.
Community care provided by crisis resolution home treatment teams is used increasingly as an alternative to admission to psychiatric wards. No systematic analysis has been done of the safety of these teams in terms of rates of suicide. We aimed to compare the rate and number of suicides among patients under the care of crisis […]
Effects of an emergency department mental health intervention for linking pediatric suicidal patients to follow-up mental health treatment: A randomized controlled trial.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents. Many suicidal youths treated in Emergency Departments (EDs) do not receive follow-up treatment, as advocated by our National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. We compared two strategies for improving rates of follow-up treatment. Methods Randomized controlled trial in which suicidal youths at two EDs (N=181; aged […]
Outpatient mental health treatment initiation and response in at-risk youth after suicide screenings.
Suicide screening programs have dramatically expanded over the past two decades, partially due to government support of screening initiatives. However, little is known about the outcome of suicide screening programs, particularly in relation to youth mental health treatment utilization and treatment response over time, as only a handful of studies of screening programs have included […]