Recent Interventions for Acute Suicidality Delivered in the Emergency Department: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Suicidality is a growing problem in the US, and the emergency department (ED) is often the front line for the management and effective treatment of acutely suicidal patients. There is a dearth of interventions that emergency physicians may use to manage and effectively treat acutely suicidal patients. To the extent that recently described interventions are available for ED personnel, no review has been conducted to identify them. This scoping review is intended to fill this gap by systematically reviewing the literature to identify recently described interventions that can be administered in the ED to reduce symptoms and stabilize patients.

Methods

We conducted a search of PubMed, SCOPUS, and CINAHL in January 2024 to identify papers published between 2013-2023

SUBMITTER: Hood AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11610724 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature