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October 2017Volume 56, Issue 10, Supplement, Pages S222–S223
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3.55 Assessment of Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department

Roma Vasa
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Roma Vasa
, MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Samantha Y. Jay
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Samantha Y. Jay
, BS
Johns Hopkins University
Parvathy Nair
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Parvathy Nair
, MD, PhD
Alexian Brothers Medical Group
Karen Baddoura
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Karen Baddoura
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mitchell Goldstein
x
Mitchell Goldstein
, MD, MBA
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Sarah Edwards
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Sarah Edwards
, DO
University of Maryland
Sharon Hoover
x
Sharon Hoover
, PhD
University of Maryland
Mary Cwik
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Mary Cwik
, PhD
John Hopkins University
Holly Wilcox
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Holly Wilcox
, PhD
Johns Hopkins University
3.55 Assessment of Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2017.09.203
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Recent research indicates that those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at an elevated risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Given the challenges of identifying suicidality in youth with ASD and the high rates of emergency department (ED) visits in this population, developing methods to assess suicidal ideation in patients with ASD in ED settings is essential to determine the patient’s safest disposition plan. This study compared the efficacy of eliciting the presenting chief concern upon presenting to the ED versus the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ), which was administered at triage, in detecting suicidality in children and adolescents with ASD in the ED setting.

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