More and more, primary care doctors routinely ask patients a question that may come as a surprise: Do you ever have suicidal thoughts?
, the research is the first to show that suicide risk screening in primary care, followed by safety planning, improved"Our findings are important because we know many people seek primary care prior to fatal and nonfatal suicide attempts," said lead study author Julie Angerhofer Richards, a collaborative scientist at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. "Many healthcare systems in the U.S.
Kaiser Permanente clinics began using the integrated care model in January 2016 with all adult patients, who completed a screening questionnaire. Those who said they often thought about self-harm were screened for suicide risk and referred for safety planning if they were deemed to be at high risk. After the program went into effect, nonfatal suicide attempts and suicide deaths dropped 25%, the study found.
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