Patient Opinions About Screening for Suicide Risk in the Adult Medical Inpatient Unit

As hospital clinicians and administrators consider implementing suicide risk screening on medical inpatient units, patient reactions to screening can provide essential input. This post hoc analysis examined patient opinions about screening for suicide risk in the medical setting. This analysis inclu...

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Published in:The journal of behavioral health services & research 2017-07, Vol.44 (3), p.364-372
Main Authors: Snyder, Deborah J., Ballard, Elizabeth D., Stanley, Ian H., Ludi, Erica, Kohn-Godbout, Julie, Pao, Maryland, Horowitz, Lisa M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Adults
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Attitude
Clinical research
Community and Environmental Psychology
Female
Health behavior
Health Informatics
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Health Psychology
Health status
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Inpatient care
Inpatients
Male
Medical screening
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Middle Aged
Patients
Prevention programs
Psychiatry
Public Health
Qualitative analysis
Qualitative research
Quality management
Risk Factors
Risk taking
Self destructive behavior
Suicide
Suicides & suicide attempts
Young Adult
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Summary:As hospital clinicians and administrators consider implementing suicide risk screening on medical inpatient units, patient reactions to screening can provide essential input. This post hoc analysis examined patient opinions about screening for suicide risk in the medical setting. This analysis includes a subsample of a larger quality improvement project designed to screen medically hospitalized patients for suicide risk. Fifty-three adult medical inpatients at a clinical research hospital provided opinions about suicide risk screening. A qualitative analysis of responses to an opinion question about screening was conducted to identify major themes. Forty-three (81%) patients supported screening medical inpatients for suicide risk. Common themes emphasized asking patients directly about suicide, connection between mental/physical health, and the role of screening in suicide prevention. Adult medical inpatients supported screening for suicide risk on medical/surgical inpatient units. Behavioral health clinicians are uniquely poised to champion suicide detection and intervention in the general medical hospital setting. Patient opinions can be utilized to inform thoughtful implementation of universal suicide risk screening in the medical setting.
ISSN:1094-3412
1556-3308
DOI:10.1007/s11414-016-9498-7