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Depressed Suicidal

Date Last Search Run: Aug 01, 2024
Table last updated: Sep 16, 2023
Data last added: Sep 13, 2023

Recommendation RECOMMENDATION FOR INTERVENTION
STRENGTH OF EVIDENCE FOR INTERVENTION   SUPPORTIVE (Green) NEUTRAL (Yellow) AGAINST (Red) NOT YET GRADED (White)
1 (strong evidence exists)      
2 (fair evidence exists)    
3 (weak evidence exists)      


Interventions

Medical clearance in the field
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference
II Supportive (Green) Admission Process ED-MD Berg JS, Payne AS, Wavra T, Morrison S, Patel SJ. Implementation of a Medical Clearance Algorithm for Psychiatric Emergency Patients. Hosp Pediatr 2023; 13(1):66-71. Medline
II Supportive (Green) Risk of Suicide Process Other Riblet NB, Matsunaga S, Lee Y, Young-Xu Y, Shiner B, Schnurr PP, Levis M, Watts BV. Tools to Detect Risk of Death by Suicide: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Clin Psychiatry Nov 2022; 84(1). Medline
II Supportive (Green) Characteristics and safety of OOH Screening Patient PH-Paramedic Trivedi TK, Glenn M, Hern G, Schriger DL, Sporer KA. Emergency Medical Services Use Among Patients Receiving Involuntary Psychiatric Holds and the Safety of an Out-of-Hospital Screening Protocol to "Medically Clear" Psychiatric Emergencies in the Field, 2011 to 2016. Ann Emerg Med 2019; 73(1):42-51. Medline

Suicide risk assessment
Level Direction Primary Outcome Patient/Process Setting Reference
X Not Yet Graded (White) - Tong Y, Yin Y, Conner KR, Zhao L, Wang Y, Wang X, Conwell Y. Predictive value of suicidal risk assessment using data from China’s largest suicide prevention hotline. J Affect Disord 2023; 329:141-8. Medline


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