Resource Tag: PSYCHIATRIC OUTPATIENTS
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Comparison of electronic screening for suicidal risk with the Patient Health Questionnaire Item 9 and the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale in an outpatient psychiatric clinic
Background Patient-reported data can improve clinical care, including identifying patients who are at risk for suicide. Methods In a tertiary care, psychiatric outpatient clinic, we compared computerized self-assessments of suicidal risk based on item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9and an electronic version of the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), using retrospective medical record review of clinical psychiatric assessments as […]
The impact of safety plans in an outpatient clinic
Background: Safety plans are recommended as tools to mitigate suicide risk; however, their effectiveness remains unclear. Aim: To evaluate the impact of safety plans on patient care at an outpatient mental health clinic. Method: In this retrospective chart review, patients’ treatment engagement, health-care utilization, and risk behaviors were measured. Patients served as their own historical controls, and we compared […]
Changes in intensity of neurotic symptoms associated with reduction of suicidal ideation in patients who underwent psychotherapy in the day hospital for the treatment of neurotic and behavioral disorders.
Aim. Analysis of associations between changes in the intensity of neurotic symptoms and reduction of suicidal ideation (SI) or lack of SI reduction, in patients who underwent a course of intensive psychotherapy conducted in integrative approach with predominance of psychodynamic approach in a day hospital. Material and method. Symptom Checklist KO“O” and Life Inventory completed by […]
Short-term suicide risk after psychiatric hospital discharge.
Question Which inpatients are at highest short-term risk for suicide after hospital discharge? Findings In this national retrospective longitudinal cohort of almost 1.9 million adult inpatients in the Medicaid program, suicide risk during the first 90 days after hospital discharge was highest for patients with first-listed depressive disorders, followed by those with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, […]