Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ)

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Authors

Lisa M. Horowitz · National Institutes of Health

Jeffrey A. Bridge · The Ohio State University

Stephen J. Teach · Children's National

Elizabeth D. Ballard · Catholic University of America

Jennifer Klima · Nationwide Children's Hospital

Donald L. Rosenstein · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Elizabeth A. Wharff

Abstract

A 4-question screening instrument, the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ), with high sensitivity and negative predictive value, can identify the risk for suicide in patients presenting to pediatric emergency departments.

Topics & Keywords

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Emergency and Acute Care Studies Poisoning and overdose treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volume 166, Issue 12, pp. 1170-1170

DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1276

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