Evaluating the Effect of Routine Lethal Means Counseling in the Emergency Department on Suicide Mortality Among Mental Health Patients
Where implemented routinely, lethal means emergency department counseling appears to reduce the risk of suicide during the critical 30- and 180-day periods following an emergency department visit among patients with mental health disorders.
Authors
- Jeffrey M. Caterino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-2512-4955)
- Timothy Schmutte
- Mark Olfson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3958-5662)
- Sara Cullen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-5727)
- Ming Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8013-7274)
- Jeffrey A. Bridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-8978)
- Steven C. Marcus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7819-3824)
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- Yale University (US)
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
- Columbia University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Philadelphia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJPM Focus
- Published
- 2025-03-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100336
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health