Screening and Risk Algorithms for Detecting Pediatric Suicide Risk in the Emergency Department
In this cohort study of pediatric patients, the risk algorithm was superior to screening across all performance metrics and could substantially assist health care organizations' efforts to meet the Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goal to reduce the risk of suicide.
Authors
- Harold Schwartz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7121-7088)
- Robert H. Aseltine (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3007-9867)
- Shane J. Sacco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4920-8219)
- Steven C. Rogers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8167-4191)
- Kun Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3579-5467)
- Fei Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7650-6345)
Institutions
- Hartford Hospital (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center (US)
- Institute for Community Living (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- UConn Health (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-09-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.33505
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health