Veterans Health Administration staff experiences with suicidal ideation screening and risk assessment in the context of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT: Universal screening for suicidal ideation in primary care and mental health settings has become a key prevention tool in many healthcare systems, including the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA). In response to the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare providers faced a number of challenges, including how to quickly adapt screening practices. The objective of this analyses was to learn staff perspectives on how the pandemic impacted suicide risk screening in primary care and mental health settings. Forty semi-structured interviews were conducted with primary care and mental health staff between April-September 2020 across 12 VHA facilities. A multi-disciplinary team employed a qualitative thematic analysis using a hybrid inductive/deductive approach. Staff reported multiple concerns for p

SUBMITTER: Newell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8714081 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature