Adolescents Who Do Not Endorse Risk via the Patient Health Questionnaire Before Self-Harm or Suicide.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Given that the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) item 9 is commonly used to screen for risk of self-harm and suicide, it is important that clinicians recognize circumstances when at-risk adolescents may go undetected.

Objective

To understand characteristics of adolescents with a history of depression who do not endorse the PHQ item 9 before a near-term intentional self-harm event or suicide.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a retrospective cohort study design using electronic health record and claims data from January 2009 through September 2017. Settings included primary care and mental health specialty clinics across 7 integrated US health care systems. Included in the study were adolescents aged 13 to 17 years with history of depression who co

SUBMITTER: Flores JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11044012 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature