Emergency departments (EDs) are an important source of care for people with mental health
(MH) concerns. It can be challenging to treat MH in EDs, and there is little research capturing …

Caring for ED patients with suicidal thoughts and behaviors is challenging, given time
pressures, boarding of patients waiting for psychiatric beds, and the inherent difficulty in …

Suicide is reaching epidemic proportions, with over 44,000 deaths by suicide in the US, and
800,000 worldwide in 2015. This, despite research and development of evidence-based …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Self‐confident health professionals with
positive and understanding attitudes can take better care of people with suicidal behaviour …

Background Reducing access to lethal means (especially firearms) might prevent suicide,
but counseling of at‐risk individuals about this strategy may not be routine. Among …

While people with mental ill-health report unsatisfying experiences and poor treatment in
general emergency departments, nursing staff report a lack of adequate knowledge and …

Objectives We sought to (1) clarify decision needs among suicidal adults with home firearm
access;(2) identify accurate, unbiased and acceptable approaches for content and …

Countertransference towards suicidal patients may blur healthcare professionals' clinical
judgment and lead to suboptimal decision-making. We conducted a systematic review of the …

Background Counseling to reduce access to lethal means such as firearms and medications
is recommended for suicidal adults but does not routinely occur. We developed the Web …

Introduction Emergency departments increasingly treat patients for deliberate self-harm. This
study sought to understand emergency department nursing leadership perspectives on how …