TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - To ask or not to ask? Opinions of pediatric medical inpatients about suicide risk screening in the hospital
JO  - Journal of pediatrics
A1  - Ross, Abigail M.
A1  - White, Erina
A1  - Powell, Daniel
A1  - Nelson, Sally
A1  - Horowitz, Lisa
A1  - Wharff, Elizabeth
SP  - 295
EP  - 300
VL  - 170
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To describe opinions about suicide risk screening in a pediatric medical inpatient sample. STUDY DESIGN: As part of a larger instrument validation study, 200 pediatric medical inpatients (ages 10-21 years) were screened for suicide risk. Participants completed demographic self-report forms and were asked their opinions about suicide risk screening. Patient responses were recorded verbatim by trained research social workers. Qualitative data was analyzed using thematic analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The majority of adolescents who participated had not been previously asked about suicide (N = 101; 62.3%) and were supportive of suicide risk screening (81.0%). Five salient themes emerged from the qualitative analysis of patient opinions: prevention, elevated risk, emotional benefits, provider responsibility, and lack of harm in asking. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The majority of youth screened for suicide risk on medical inpatient units were supportive of suicide risk screening. Opinion data have the potential to inform screening practices and assure clinicians that suicide risk screening will be acceptable to pediatric patients and their parents. Given the lack of screening in these patients' past experiences, the medical setting is a unique opportunity to capture youth at risk for suicide.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0022-3476
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.11.052
ID  - ref1
ER  -