Assessing Risk of Future Suicidality in Emergency Department Patients

Background Emergency departments ( ED ) are the first line of evaluation for patients at risk and in crisis, with or without overt suicidality (ideation, attempts). Currently employed triage and assessments methods miss some of the individuals who subsequently become suicidal. The Convergent Functional Information for Suicidality ( CFI ‐S) 22‐item checklist of risk factors, which does not ask directly about suicidal ideation, has demonstrated...