The Washington Post (11/8, Wan) reports, “Leading medical authorities argue the United States could reduce” its “skyrocketing” suicide “rates with a relatively simple solution by screening for suicide in health clinics and” emergency departments (EDs). According to the Post, “Universal screening entails asking everyone visiting a primary care clinic or” ED “whether they are having suicidal thoughts, and if so, following up with brief interventions such as telephone counseling and referrals for additional treatment.”
Related Links:
— “A few simple questions could help doctors stem the suicide epidemic, “William Wan, The Washington Post, November 8, 2019