Effects of the QPR (question, persuade, refer) strategy on suicidal prevention among general medical staff and consultation-liaison psychiatrists: a single center, naturalistic study - Tsung-Hua Lu, Shih-Hsien Lin, Yi-Yi Pi, Chia-Rong Lu, Sing-How Wang, Ching-Ning Huang, Po See Chen.

BACKGROUND: Screening and evaluation of suicide risk in inpatients is often performed using the Brief Symptom Rating Scale-5 (BSRS-5), after which a suicide gatekeeper may be recruited according to the principles of Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR). In this...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news