Citation

Freed PE, Rudolph S. Perspect. Psychiatr. Care 1998; 34(2): 14-23.

Affiliation

University of Missouri, St. Louis, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9847830

Abstract

TOPIC: Assessing suicide potential and intervening to prevent suicide in partial-hospitalization patients. PURPOSE: To provide information for assessing and intervening with outpatients who express suicidal thoughts and to propose a decision tree. SOURCE: Literature review, clinical experience. CONCLUSIONS: Careful assessment and sound management are required to provide treatment in outpatient settings while maintaining patient safety. A decision tree can help the clinician make sound decisions.

Language: en