Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages 452-458.e2, October 2006

Survey of California Emergency Departments About Practices for Management of Suicidal Patients and Resources Available for Their Care

  • Larry J. Baraff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Medicine Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Larry J. Baraff, MD, UCLA Emergency Medicine Center, 924 Westwood Boulevard, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90024; 310-454-5127; fax 310-794-0599
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  • Nicole Janowicz, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA.
    • ,
  • Joan R. Asarnow, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science, University of California at Los Angeles, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Los Angeles, CA.

Received 28 February 2006; received in revised form 16 May 2006 and 8 June 2006; accepted 14 June 2006. published online 23 August 2006.

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 Supervising editor: Debra E. Houry, MD, MPHAuthor contributions: LJB and NJ conceived and designed the survey and supervised data collection. JRA obtained research funding and contributed to the design of the study. LJB provided statistical oversight and analyzed the data. NJ and LJB drafted the article, and all authors contributed substantially to its revision. LJB takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: This publication was supported in part by grant No. R49/CCR921708 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00883-3

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.06.026

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