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Recent suicidal ideation among patients in an inner city emergency department

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Ilgen, Mark A., Walton, Maureen A., Cunningham, Rebecca M., Barry, Kristen L., Chermack, Steve T., De Chavez, Peter, Blow, Frederic C.·2009·Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

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The rates and associated features of suicidal ideation among 5,641 patients seeking routine, nonsuicide related care in an inner‐city emergency department were examined. Approximately 8% of patients seeking routine care in the emergency department reported some form of suicidal ideation within the past 2 weeks. Suicidal ideation was common in individuals who were single with poorer mental health, had higher depression, and had received some drug or alcohol treatment in the past 3 months or had used cocaine or marijuana in the past 30 days. Improved screening procedures could help to identify routine care patients who are at risk for suicide.

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  • The Joint Commission recommends universal suicide risk screening in emergency departments because emergency department patients have an overrepresentation of suicide risk.

    “Universal screening for suicide risk in the emergency department entails screening every patient regardless of presenting complaint and is a practice recommended by the Joint Commission [11] due to an overrepresentation of suicide risk in emergency department patients [22–24].”

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Authors
Ilgen, M. A., Walton, M. A., Cunningham, R. M., Barry, K. L., Chermack, S. T., De Chavez, P., & Blow, F. C.
Affiliations
University of Michigan (US)
Venue
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-10
Volume
39
Issue
5
Pages
508-517
ISSN
  • 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-278X
OpenAlex
W2097061350
Cited by
62
References
33
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FWCI
1.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Deep Blue (University of Michigan) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA014665, AA014665)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 016591, R01DA016591)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Keywords
suicidal ideation, emergency department patients, inner-city population, depression, mental health, substance use, cocaine use, cannabis use, alcohol treatment, pharmacotherapy, suicide risk screening
MeSH terms
Adult, Mental Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, Depression, Emergency Service, Hospital, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Risk Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Suicide, Time Factors, Urban Population, Marital Status, Substance-Related Disorders, Alcohol-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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