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An Emergency Department Intervention for Linking Pediatric Suicidal Patients to Follow-Up Mental Health Treatment
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OBJECTIVE: Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents. Many suicidal youths treated in emergency departments do not receive follow-up treatment as advocated by the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Two strategies for improving rates of follow-up treatment were compared. METHODS: In a randomized controlled trial, suicidal youths at two emergency departments (N=181; ages ten to 18) were individually assigned between April 2003 and August 2005 to one of two conditions: an enhanced mental health intervention involving a family-based cognitive-behavioral therapy session designed to increase motivation for follow-up treatment and safety, supplemented by care linkage telephone contacts after emergency department discharge, or usual emergency department care enhanced by provider education. Assessments were conducted at baseline and approximately two months after discharge from the emergency department or hospital. The primary outcome measure was rates of outpatient mental health treatment after discharge. RESULTS: Intervention patients were significantly more likely than usual care patients to attend outpatient treatment (92% versus 76%; p=.004). The intervention group also had significantly higher rates of psychotherapy (76% versus 49%; p=.001), combined psychotherapy and medication (58% versus 37%; p=.003), and psychotherapy visits (mean 5.3 versus 3.1; p=.003). Neither the emergency department intervention nor community outpatient treatment (in exploratory analyses) was significantly associated with improved clinical or functioning outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: Results support efficacy of the enhanced emergency department intervention for improving linkage to outpatient mental health treatment but underscore the need for improved community outpatient treatment to prevent suicide, suicide attempts, and poor clinical and functioning outcomes for suicidal youths treated in emergency departments.
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“SI was designated as a primary outcome in zero studies and designated as a secondary outcome in 3 studies.35,38,40”
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“In controlled trials with children and adolescents,35,38,39,40,42,43,44 control conditions were often vaguely defined and sometimes involved elements of safety planning to varying degrees, although results were consistent whether these studies were removed (Figure 2) or included (eFigure in Supplement 1).”
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“Based on study-level results, adolescents who received interventions that were family-based had lower rates of re-presentation44 and were more likely to be linked to outpatient mental health services after discharge35 compared with adolescents who received treatment as usual.”
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“Only 3 studies35,42,44 had adequate-sized samples to compare treatment effects across groups; 2 of these studies35,44 used true randomization, and neither found significant between-group differences in suicide-related outcomes.”
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“Asarnow and colleagues53 demonstrated that a brief family-based ED intervention, the Family Intervention for Suicide Prevention (FISP), could effectively link youth and parents to care and this intervention was effectively delivered in the ED setting in 80.9% of patients54.”
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“FISP was tested in a randomized controlled trial in which suicidal youths at two EDs (N=181; aged 10-18) were individually randomized to 1) Usual ED Care enhanced by provider education (UC); or 2) FISP, supplemented by care linkage telephone contacts after discharge. Intervention patients were significantly more likely to attend outpatient treatment compared to UC patients (92.1% vs 76.2%, p=0.004”
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“FISP, also included as an evidence-based intervention by SPRC/AFSP , is an enhanced mental health intervention involving a family-based CBT session in the ED designed to increase motivation for follow-up treatment, support, coping, and safety.53”
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“This recommendation is in line with a push for increasing access to emergency room-based interventions that help to prevent suicide (e.g. Asarnow et al., 2011; Rotheram-Borus et al., 2000).”
Asarnow, J. R., Goldston, D. B., Tunno, A. M., Inscoe, A. B., & Pynoos, R. S. (2020) · Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health · doi:10.1080/23794925.2020.1796547 · Cited by 40
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Self-citationTreatment For Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior: A Review of Family‐Based Interventions
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Prioritizing Research to Reduce Youth Suicide and Suicidal Behavior
Bridge, J. A., Horowitz, L. M., Fontanella, C. A., Grupp-Phelan, J., & Campo, J. V. (2014) · American Journal of Preventive Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2014.06.001 · Cited by 34
“004); attend more outpatient treatment visits; receive psychotherapy; and receive combined psychotherapy and medication.(32) The following example assumes that the 12-month recurrence rate of youth suicide attempts is 18% and that roughly 0.”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialParental expressed emotion and suicidal ideation in adolescents with bipolar disorder
Ellis, A. J., Portnoff, L. C., Axelson, D., Kowatch, R. A., Walshaw, P. D., & Miklowitz, D. J. (2014) · Psychiatry Research · doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.02.013 · Cited by 32
“Family-oriented psychoeducational interventions have been supported as effective for children with mood disorders such as depression (Asarnow et al., 2011) and bipolar disorder (Miklowitz et al.”
Wang, M., Swaraj, S., Chung, D., Stanton, C., Kapur, N., & Large, M. M. B. (2019) · Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica · doi:10.1111/acps.13023 · Cited by 34
Review of family‐based treatments from 2010 to 2019 for suicidal ideation and behavior
Frey, L. M., Hunt, Q. A., Russon, J. M., & Diamond, G. (2022) · Journal of Marital and Family Therapy · doi:10.1111/jmft.12568 · Cited by 32
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Safety Planning for Suicidality in Autism: Obstacles, Potential Solutions, and Future Directions
Schwartzman, J. M., Smith, J. R., & Bettis, A. H. (2021) · PEDIATRICS · doi:10.1542/peds.2021-052958 · Cited by 31
School Reintegration Post-Psychiatric Hospitalization: Protocols and Procedures Across the Nation
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Developing the Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention
Gorzkowski, J., Horowitz, L. M., Standley, C. J., Ryan, P. C., Wei, A. X., Lau, M., & Moutier, C. Y. (2023) · Journal of Public Health Management and Practice · doi:10.1097/phh.0000000000001764 · Cited by 29
Emergency Department Presentations and Youth Suicide: A Case-Control Study
Rhodes, A. E., Sinyor, M., Boyle, M. H., Bridge, J. A., Katz, L. Y., Bethell, J., Newton, A. S., Cheung, A., Bennett, K., Links, P. S., et al. (2019) · The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/0706743718802799 · Cited by 28
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Saving Lives: Recognizing and Intervening with Youth at Risk for Suicide
Arango, A., Gipson, P. Y., Votta, J. G., & King, C. A. (2021) · Annual Review of Clinical Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-081219-103740 · Cited by 28
Rapp, A. M., Chavira, D. A., Sugar, C. A., & Asarnow, J. R. (2017) · Journal of Pediatric Psychology · doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsx057 · Cited by 29
“These findings are also consistent with other work demonstrating that brief emergency interventions that provide suicidal adolescents with exposure to high-quality mental health care lead to improved linkage to mental health services (Asarnow et al., 2011; Ougrin, Tranah, Stahl, Moran, & Asarnow, 2015; Rotheram-Borus,…”
InfluentialSelf-citationRoberts, N., Booij, L., Axas, N., & Repetti, L. (2016) · International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health · doi:10.1515/ijamh-2016-0006 · Cited by 27
Family-Based Crisis Intervention in the Emergency Department: A New Model of Care
Ginnis, K. B., White, E. M., Ross, A. M., & Wharff, E. A. (2013) · Journal of Child and Family Studies · doi:10.1007/s10826-013-9823-1 · Cited by 27
“To date, only two studies outside of our work have evaluated outcomes based on an ED intervention for suicidal adolescents (Asarnow et al. 2011; Rotheram-Borus et al. 1996, 2000).”
BackgroundYouth Suicide in India: A Critical Review and Implication for the National Suicide Prevention Policy
Gupta, S., & Basera, D. S. (2021) · OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying · doi:10.1177/00302228211045169 · Cited by 27
“It involves psychoeducation of youth and their parents, safety planning, linkage, and ensuring compliance with the follow-up care (Asarnow et al., 2011, 2017).”
Time Trends in Suicide-Related Behaviours in Girls and Boys
Rhodes, A. E., Bethell, J., Carlisle, C. E., Rosychuk, R. J., Lu, H., & Newton, A. S. (2014) · The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry · doi:10.1177/070674371405900307 · Cited by 25
A Trauma-Informed Approach to Youth Suicide Prevention and Intervention
Tunno, A. M., Inscoe, A. B., Goldston, D. B., & Asarnow, J. R. (2021) · Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health · doi:10.1080/23794925.2021.1923089 · Cited by 26
“, 2014) and is associated with greater risk for subsequent suicidal behavior among adolescents with depression (Asarnow et al., 2011; Wilkinson et al., 2011).”
BackgroundSelf-citationCoping with suicidal urges among youth seen in a psychiatric emergency department
Czyz, E. K., Horwitz, A. G., Arango, A., Cole-Lewis, Y., Berona, J., & King, C. A. (2016) · Psychiatry Research · doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2016.04.118 · Cited by 27
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The potential use of CAMS for suicidal youth: building on epidemiology and clinical interventions
Jobes, D. A., Vergara, G. A., Lanzillo, E. C., & Ridge-Anderson, A. (2019) · Children s Health Care · doi:10.1080/02739615.2019.1630279 · Cited by 32
“Most of the research conducted on treatments for suicidal youth has been done with adolescent samples, although there have been some studies on children as young as 8– 11 years of age (Asarnow et al., 2011; Harrington et al., 1998; Huey et al., 2005; Perepletchikova et al., 2011).”
BackgroundGiles, L. L., Shepard, L. D., Asarnow, J. R., & Keeshin, B. R. (2021) · Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health · doi:10.1080/23794925.2021.1961643 · Cited by 25
“…and designated as “program with effectiveness” by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (see http:// www.sprc.org/resources-programs/familyintervention-suicide-prevention-fisp), has been shown to increase linkage to treatment after an initial emergency visit (Asarnow et al., 2011, 2009).”
BackgroundSelf-citationBallard, E. D., Horowitz, L. M., Jobes, D. A., Wagner, B. M., Pao, M., & Teach, S. J. (2013) · Pediatric Emergency Care · doi:10.1097/pec.0b013e3182a5cba6 · Cited by 25
“Age is an important consideration in screening for suicide risk, specifically, how young is too young to be screened? Because suicide is a leading cause of death in adolescents,(8) suicidal adolescents (ages 13Y18 years) have been the focus of surveillance,(9) screening,(6,7) and intervention efforts.(10) In contrast,…”
BackgroundEngaging families in the management of adolescent self-harm
Aggarwal, S., & Patton, G. (2018) · Evidence Based Mental Health · doi:10.1136/eb-2017-102791 · Cited by 22
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“Because medically serious or potentially lethal suicidal patients are likely to present to emergency departments (EDs) [11], and research has shown that about 16 to 24% of them will repeat the attempts with more * Correspondence: nakamuyk@jichi.”
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Assessment of Suicidal Youth in the Emergency Department
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Self-citationYouth Suicide Prevention and Intervention
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“This draws attention to the need to develop brief, context-sensitive hospital-based psychosocial interventions, such as those described by Asarnow et al. (2011) and Fleischmann et al. (2008), which can be immediately offered to suicide attempters who present at hospitals without necessitating…”
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“The presence of high quality mental health services has been found to assist youth in connecting to appropriate outpatient services when the initial interventions occur in the ED [33].”
BackgroundA Systematic Review of Help-Seeking Interventions for Parents of Adolescents
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“Briefly, however, the questions primarily focused on three distinct models of follow-up interventions (an existing unstructured model; assertive [7]; caring contacts [19]) post-discharge from the ED.”
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“These strategies have also been implemented and proven somewhat effective for suicide prevention in other psychiatric settings (Asarnow et al., 2011; Inagaki, Kawashima, Yonemoto, & Yamada, 2019; Zalsman et al., 2016).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Asarnow, J. R., Baraff, L. J., Berk, M., Grob, C. S., Devich-Navarro, M., Suddath, R., Piacentini, J. C., Rotheram-Borus, M. J., Cohen, D., & Tang, L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Harbor–UCLA Medical Center (US)
- Santa Monica College (US)
- Dr. Suddath, Dr. Piacentini, Dr. Rotheram-Borus, and Dr. Tang are with the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA.
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Venue
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2011-11
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1303-1309
- ISSN
- 0022-1597 (ISSN-L)
- 1075-2730
- 1557-9700
- PMC
- PMC3251923
- OpenAlex
- W2170748745
- Cited by
- 251
- References
- 41
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 28 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 15 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 19 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 12.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Psychiatric Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (CCR921708)
- National Institute of Mental Health (R34MH078082, P30MH082760, R01MH082856)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Emergency Medicine › Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Keywords
- adolescent suicide, suicide prevention, emergency department care, provider education, suicide attempts
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Adolescent, Ambulatory Care, Child, Community Mental Health Services, Depressive Disorder, Emergency Service, Hospital, Family Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Patient Discharge, Pilot Projects, Regression Analysis, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Suicidal Ideation
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