@article{ref1,
title="Youth suicide risk screening in an outpatient child abuse clinic",
journal="Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing",
year="2021",
author="Ngai, Margaret and Delaney, Kathleen and Limandri, Barbara and Dreves, Kristin and Tipton, Mary V. and Horowitz, Lisa M.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="PROBLEM: Child abuse is an important independent risk factor for suicide. The purpose of the project was to evaluate the implementation of a universal suicide risk screening and assessment tool in an outpatient child abuse evaluation clinic. <br><br>METHODS: Participants consisted of all patients between the ages of 10 and 18 years who received services at the study site within a 3-month period (n = 162). The study site implemented a tool created for the sole purpose of detecting suicide risk, the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool. Data was retrospectively collected using electronic health records; rates of compliance with screening and screen positive rates were calculated. <br><br>FINDINGS: Suicide risk screening with the ASQ was conducted on 90.7% (147) of the patients. Forty-three (29.2%) patients screened positive for suicide risk. This is a significant increase in detection rates compared to baseline preimplementation data. Of the 67 preteens, 10-12 years of age, that were screened, 14.9% (10/67) screened positive for suicide risk, making up 23% of the positive screens. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Implementing a universal suicide risk screening tool was a successful strategy for detecting suicide risk. A quarter of the youth who screened positive on the ASQ were preteens, highlighting the importance of screening the 10- to 12-year olds for suicide risk.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1073-6077",
doi="10.1111/jcap.12335",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12335"
}