TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Youth suicide risk screening in an outpatient child abuse clinic
JO  - Journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
A1  - Ngai, Margaret
A1  - Delaney, Kathleen
A1  - Limandri, Barbara
A1  - Dreves, Kristin
A1  - Tipton, Mary V.
A1  - Horowitz, Lisa M.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1073-6077
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcap.12335
ID  - ref1
ER  -