Brief intervention and follow-up for suicidal patients with repeat emergency department visits enhances treatment engagement

B. Stanley, G.K. Brown, G.W. Currier, C. Lyons, M. Chesin and K.L. Knox

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 8, 1570-1572

Abstract: We implemented an innovative, brief, easy-to-administer 2-part intervention to enhance coping and treatment engagement. The intervention consisted of safety planning and structured telephone follow-up postdischarge with 95 veterans who had 2 or more emergency department (ED) visits within 6 months for suicide-related concerns (i.e., suicide ideation or behavior). The intervention significantly increased behavioral health treatment attendance 3 months after intervention, compared with treatment attendance in the 3 months after a previous ED visit without intervention. The trend was for a decreasing hospitalization rate. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

Keywords: adult; emergency health service; female; human; male; procedures; psychology; psychotherapy; public hospital; suicidal ideation; suicide; Suicide, Attempted; United States; utilization; veteran, Adult; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Hospitals, Veterans; Humans; Male; Psychotherapy, Brief; Suicidal Ideation; Suicide; Suicide, Attempted; United States; Veterans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302656

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