Engaging primary care patients at risk for suicide in mental health treatment: user insights to inform implementation strategy design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given that the majority of suicide decedents visit primary care in the year preceding death, primary care has been identified as a key setting in which to engage patients at risk for suicide in mental health services. The objective of this research was to identify barriers and facilitators to engagement in mental health services among primary care patients at risk for suicide to inform the development of strategies to increase engagement.

Methods

Seventy-four semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with primary care patients (n = 20), primary care (n = 18) and behavioral health (n = 12) clinicians, mental health intake coordinators (n = 4), and health system and clinic leaders (n = 20). Patients who had been referred for mental health services from p

SUBMITTER: Wolk CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11481249 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature