Facilitating Action for Suicide Prevention by Learning Health Care Systems
Recommended Citation
Rossom RC, Simon GE, Beck A, Ahmedani BK, Steinfeld B, Trangle M, Solberg L. Facilitating Action for Suicide Prevention by Learning Health Care Systems. Psychiatric Services 2016; 67(8):830-832.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2016
Publication Title
Psychiatric Services
Abstract
The Mental Health Research Network (MHRN), funded by the National Institute of Mental Health to serve as a national laboratory to improve mental health care, includes researchers embedded in 13 health systems in 15 states. This column describes practice changes and effectiveness and exploratory research undertaken by MHRN partners when they found a sustained elevated risk of suicide attempts among patients who reported suicidal ideation on the nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire. Challenges described include finding common ground between what health care systems and funding agencies find compelling, choosing study designs that balance research and clinical tensions, and implementing studies in ways that minimize disruption to health systems. The authors conclude that the greatest benefit to working collaboratively with care system partners is the opportunity to improve care and to simultaneously measure the impact of change.
Medical Subject Headings
Biomedical Research; Humans; Mental Health Services; Suicide
PubMed ID
27032667
Volume
67
Issue
8
First Page
830
Last Page
832
