ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Patient and Visit Characteristics of Emergency Department Patients with Surges in Suicide Attempts
- Sarah Arias
Alpert Medical School of Brown University - Sarah Arias
Butler Hospital - Mark Prince
Colorado State University - Ivan Miller
Butler Hospital - Ivan Miller
Alpert Medical School of Brown University - Edwin Boudreaux
Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School - Carlos Camargo
Harvard Medical School - Carlos Camargo
Massachusetts General Hospital - Heather Schatten
Alpert Medical School of Brown University - Heather Schatten
Butler Hospital
Abstract
The current study examined adult emergency department patients with “surges” in non-lethal attempts (i.e., 2+ suicide attempts in <30 days). Compared to non-surge patients, individuals with suicide attempt surges were more likely to have a hospitalization within six months of the index ED visit and higher suicidal ideation severity scores.
Suicide
