TY - JOUR PY - 2009// TI - Enhancing suicide risk assessment through evidence-based psychiatry JO - Psychiatric Times A1 - Simon, R.I. SP - 42 EP - 45 VL - 26 IS - 1 N2 - There are a number of suicide risk assessment methods. 2 Clinicians, however, must fashion their own approach based on their training, clinical experience, and familiarity with the suicide literature. Because of its singular importance, the suicide risk assessment should be documented as a separate narrative paragraph in the initial psychiatric evaluation and thereafter in the progress notes. Armed with the ability to perform competent suicide risk assessments, the psychiatrist can confidently treat the patient at risk for suicide, one of the most complex, difficult, and challenging clinical tasks in psychiatry.
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