Suicide risk management: development and analysis of a telephone-based approach to patient safety

Duncan Campbell; Laura Bonner; Cory Bolkan; Edmund Chaney; Bradford Felker; Scott Sherman; Lisa Rubenstein

doi:10.1007/s13142-011-0055-x

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Suicide risk management: development and analysis of a telephone-based approach to patient safety

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Suicide risk management: development and analysis of a telephone-based approach to patient safety

Duncan Campbell, Laura Bonner, Cory Bolkan, Edmund Chaney, Bradford Felker, Scott Sherman and Lisa Rubenstein

Translational behavioral medicine, Vol.1(3), pp.372-383

09/2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13142-011-0055-x

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109118

PMCID: PMC3717626

PMID: 24073061

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Research participants

Medicine & Public Health

Collaborative care

Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

General Practice / Family Medicine

Patient safety

Depression

Health Psychology

Suicide

Medicine/Public Health, general

Primary care

Cross Cultural Psychology

Research-based queries about patients’ experiences often uncover suicidal thoughts. Human subjects review requires suicide risk management (SRM) protocols to protect patients, yet minimal information exists to guide researchers’ protocol development and implementation efforts. The purpose of this study was to examine the development and implementation of an SRM protocol employed during telephone-based screening and data collection interviews of depressed primary care patients. We describe an SRM protocol development process and employ qualitative analysis of de-identified documentation to characterize protocol-driven interactions between research clinicians and patients. Protocol development required advance planning, training, and team building. Three percent of screened patients evidenced suicidal ideation; 12% of these met protocol standards for study clinician assessment/intervention. Risk reduction activities required teamwork and extensive collaboration. Research-based SRM protocols can facilitate patient safety by (1) identifying and verifying local clinical site approaches and resources and (2) integrating these features into prevention protocols and training for research teams.

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Title: Suicide risk management: development and analysis of a telephone-based approach to patient safety
Creators: Duncan Campbell - 32 Campus Dr. Missoula MT 59812 USA
Laura Bonner - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle WA USA
Cory Bolkan - Department of Human Development Washington State University-Vancouver Vancouver WA USA
Edmund Chaney - Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle WA USA
Bradford Felker - Department of Veterans Affairs, Mental Health Service VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle WA USA
Scott Sherman - New York University School of Medicine New York NY USA
Lisa Rubenstein - RAND Health Program Santa Monica CA USA
Publication Details: Translational behavioral medicine, Vol.1(3), pp.372-383
Academic Unit: Human Development, Department of
Publisher: Springer-Verlag; New York
Identifiers: 99900547518401842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article