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Suicidality and Major Depressive Disorder: Examining Screening, Detection and Follow-up Care Within a Large Multispecialty Healthcare System

Description

Thegoal of this research project is to examine suicidality screening and its impacton suicide attempts and patient care, including evaluating the outcome ofsystem-wide implementation of standardized inpatient suicidality screening in2019.

Principal Investigator

Ellis C. Dillon, Ph.D., Kristen M.J. Azar, R.N., BSN, MSN/MPH

Funder

Janssen Pharmaceuticals

Start Date

April 01, 2020

End Date

September 30, 2021

Research Topics

  • Mental Health
  • Prevention and Health Maintenance

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