Jean P Flores, Geoffrey Kahn, Robert B Penfold, Elizabeth A Stuart, Brian K Ahmedani, Arne Beck, Jennifer M Boggs, Karen J Coleman, Yihe G Daida, Frances L Lynch, Julie E Richards, Rebecca C Rossom, Gregory E Simon, Holly C Wilcox
IMPORTANCE: Given that the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) item 9 is commonly used to screen for risk of self-harm and suicide, it is important that clinicians recognize circumstances when at-risk adolescents may go undetected. OBJECTIVE: To understand characteristics of adolescents with a history of depression who do not endorse the PHQ item 9 before a near-term intentional self-harm event or suicide. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a retrospective cohort study design using electronic health record and claims data from January 2009 through September 2017...
April 24, 2024: JAMA Psychiatry