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Identification of At-Risk Youth by Suicide Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department
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The pediatric emergency department (ED) is a critical location for the identification of children and adolescents at risk for suicide. Screening instruments that can be easily incorporated into clinical practice in EDs to identify and intervene with patients at increased suicide risk is a promising suicide prevention strategy and patient safety objective. This study is a retrospective review of the implementation of a brief suicide screen for pediatric psychiatric ED patients as standard of care. The Ask Suicide Screening Questions (ASQ) was implemented in an urban pediatric ED for patients with psychiatric presenting complaints. Nursing compliance rates, identification of at-risk patients, and sensitivity for repeated ED visits were evaluated using medical records from 970 patients. The ASQ was implemented with a compliance rate of 79 %. Fifty-three percent of the patients who screened positive (237/448) did not present to the ED with suicide-related complaints. These identified patients were more likely to be male, African American, and have externalizing behavior diagnoses. The ASQ demonstrated a sensitivity of 93 % and specificity of 43 % to predict return ED visits with suicide-related presenting complaints within 6 months of the index visit. Brief suicide screening instruments can be incorporated into standard of care in pediatric ED settings. Such screens can identify patients who do not directly report suicide-related presenting complaints at triage and who may be at particular risk for future suicidal behavior. Results have the potential to inform suicide prevention strategies in pediatric EDs.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ballard, E. D., Cwik, M., Van Eck, K., Goldstein, M., Alfes, C., Wilson, M. E., Virden, J. M., Horowitz, L. M., & Wilcox, H. C.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ballard, Elizabeth D.
- Venue
- Prevention Science
- Published
- 2016-09-27
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 174-182
- ISSN
- 1389-4986 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6695
- PMC
- PMC5247314
- OpenAlex
- W2524022793
- Cited by
- 123
- References
- 34
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 11 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 8.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Prevention Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (U79SM061751)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Keywords
- suicide risk screening, pediatric emergency department, at-risk youth, suicide prevention, Ask Suicide-Screening Questions, nursing compliance, screening sensitivity and specificity, psychiatric patients, externalizing disorders, African American adolescents, suicide risk identification
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Adolescent, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Hospitals, Pediatric, Humans, Male, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Young Adult, Suicidal Ideation
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