Detecting suicidality among adolescent outpatients: evaluation of trained clinicians' suicidality assessment against a structured diagnostic assessment made by trained raters

Detecting suicidality among adolescent outpatients: evaluation of trained clinicians' suicidality assessment against a structured diagnostic assessment made by trained raters

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Accurate assessment of suicidality is of major importance. We aimed to evaluate trained clinicians' ability to assess suicidality against a structured assessment made by trained raters.</p> <p>Method</p> <p&...

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Main Authors: Tuisku Virpi, Karlsson Linnea, Pelkonen Mirjami, Holi Matti, Kiviruusu Olli, Ruuttu Titta, Marttunen Mauri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-12-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/8/97

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