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Depressed Suicidal

Date Last Search Run: Mar 03, 2025
Table last updated: Mar 03, 2025
Data last added: Jan 29, 2025

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) Admitted Post-positive C-SSRS Process ED-MD Wadih EG, Caperell K. Catching Suicide Before It Harms: Universal Suicide Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department. Pediatr Emerg Care. July 2024; 40(7):559-61. Medline
II Neutral (Yellow) Accuracy Process ED-MD Lowry NJ, Goger P, Hands Ruz M, Ye F, Cha CB. Suicide Risk Screening Tools for Pediatric Patients: A Systematic Review of Test Accuracy. Pediatrics. March 2024; 153(3). Medline
III Supportive (Green) proportion of ED psychiatric visits who received screening medical labs post-intervention 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


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