How is suicide risk assessed in healthcare settings in the UK? A systematic scoping review

SE Fedorowicz, RC Dempsey, N Ellis, E Phillips… - PLoS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
A high proportion of people contact healthcare services in the 12 months prior to death by
suicide. Identifying people at high-risk for suicide is therefore a key concern for healthcare …

CL Case Conference: A Case of Factitious Disorder Imposed on Self

M Margolis, TL Wong, R Shmuts, JB Taylor - Journal of the Academy of …, 2023 - Elsevier
We present the case of a young woman with an extensive medical history that most notably
includes over sixty emergency room (ED) visits for unfounded respiratory distress that often …

Impact of the abbreviated suicide crisis syndrome checklist on clinical decision making in the emergency department

E Karsen, LJ Cohen, B White, GP De Luca… - The Journal of …, 2023 - psychiatrist.com
Objective: The suicide crisis syndrome (SCS), an acute negative affect state predictive of
near-term suicidal behavior, is currently under review for inclusion as a suicide-specific …

New data on suicide risk assessment in the emergency department reveal the need for new approaches in research and clinical practice

SA Simpson, RM Loh, CRR Goans - Psychological medicine, 2023 - cambridge.org
We welcomed Bjureberg et al.'s (2021) study of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale
(C-SSRS) Screener's performance under the real-world clinical conditions of psychiatric …

Do we know the mind of others? Suspicion of malingering in emergency psychiatry

M Boberg, U Jeppesen, S Arnfred… - Nordic Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Malingering can be divided into simulation and exaggeration of symptoms.
Malingering has traditionally been considered rare in general psychiatry. In contrast to …

The diagnosis of malingering in general hospitals in the United States: a retrospective analysis of the national inpatient sample

D Punko, J Luccarelli, A Bains, R MacLean… - General Hospital …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To characterize the socio-demographics and comorbid medical and psychiatric
diagnoses of patients in the general hospital diagnosed with malingering. Method We …

Validity of the Norwegian Version of Inventory of Problems–29 (IoP-29): A simulation study with experimental feigning of depression and a nonclinical control group.

C Grønnerød, S Rekkedal Rolfsnes… - Psychology & …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: We report on the validation of the Norwegian version of the Inventory of Problems–
29 (IoP-29) using an experimental simulation setup with honest responders and responders …

Reasons for frequent psychiatric emergency service use in a large urban center

D Poremski, P Wang, M Hendriks, J Tham… - Psychiatric …, 2020 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Reasons for frequent use of psychiatric emergency services are complex and
numerous, but research has largely depended on quantitative methods to describe the …

[HTML][HTML] Malingering

UU Alozai, PK McPherson - 2018 - europepmc.org
Objectives: Identify malingering and explain its most common purposes. Summarize the
reason malingering was not included in the DSM-5 criteria. Describe the typical treatment …

Professionals' perspective on needs of persons who frequently use psychiatric emergency services

M Schmidt, P Garmy, S Stjernswärd… - Issues in mental health …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores how professionals experience persons who frequently use psychiatric
emergency services (PES) in terms of their needs in Sweden. The data comprise 19 semi …