1.67 implementing suicide risk screening in pediatric primary care: from research to practice

Approximately 70 percent of US adolescents who died by suicide visited a primary care provider (PCP) in the year before their deaths (45% within weeks). However, very few PCPs screen for suicide risk. Concerns about disrupting office workflow and managing the patients who screen positive, prevent the integration of screening into routine care. The aim of this Quality Improvement Project is to describe a real-world implementation of suicide-risk screening in a pediatric primary care practice, with additional aims to assess the feasibility and acceptability of screening.

Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - September 30, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Mary V. Tipton, Ted Abernathy, Elizabeth C. Lanzillo, Daniel Powell, Deborah Snyder, Jeff Bridge, Michael Schoenbaum, Maryland Pao, Lisa M. Horowitz Source Type: research